Reputation: 77

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fails with error about python-tk

I tried to import matplotlib.pyplot, however received an error relating to python-tk not being installed. It appears to be installed but I still appear to be receiving the error. Any help would be appricated. For further info, the output is below. Many thanks.

    $ ipython
    Python 2.7.7 (default, Jun  3 2014, 16:16:56)
    Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

    IPython 2.1.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
    ?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
    %quickref -> Quick reference.
    help      -> Python's own help system.
    object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

    In [1]: import numpy as np

    In [2]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
    <ipython-input-2-eff513f636fd> in <module>()
    ----> 1 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/pyplot.py in <module>()
         96
         97 from matplotlib.backends import pylab_setup
    ---> 98 _backend_mod, new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, _show = pylab_setup()
         99
        100

    /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/backends/__init__.pyc in pylab_setup()
         26     # imports. 0 means only perform absolute imports.
         27     backend_mod = __import__(backend_name,
    ---> 28                              globals(),locals(),[backend_name],0)
         29
         30     # Things we pull in from all backends

    /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py in <module>()
          6 import os.path
          7
    ----> 8 import Tkinter as Tk, FileDialog
          9
         10 # Paint image to Tk photo blitter extension

    /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py in <module>()
         40     import _tkinter
         41 except ImportError, msg:
    ---> 42     raise ImportError, str(msg) + ', please install the python-tk package'
         43 tkinter = _tkinter # b/w compat for export
         44 TclError = _tkinter.TclError

    ImportError: libBLT.2.4.so.8.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory, please install the python-tk package

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