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David Jackson
David Jackson

Reputation: 53

Error using tkagg backend

I am using the following setup:

Python 3.5.2 + Matplotlib 1.5.x (Raspberry Pi)

I have added backend :tkagg to my rc file.

If I run get_backend() it returns "tkagg"

However, when I try to import matplotlib as follows:

 Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct 19 2014, 13:31:11) 
 [GCC 4.9.1] on linux
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 >>> import matplotlib as mpl
 >>> mpl.use('tkagg')
 >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

I receive the following traceback:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.0-py3.4-linux-armv7l.egg/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 114, in <module>
backend_mod, new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, _show = pylab_setup()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.0-py3.4-linux-armv7l.egg/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", line 32, in pylab_setup
globals(),locals(),[backend_name],0)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.0-py3.4-linux-armv7l.egg/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 13, in <module>
import matplotlib.backends.tkagg as tkagg
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.0-py3.4-linux-armv7l.egg/matplotlib/backends/tkagg.py", line 9, in <module>
from matplotlib.backends import _tkagg
 ImportError: cannot import name '_tkagg'

Why isn't matplotlib being imported correctly?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6679

Answers (1)

David Jackson
David Jackson

Reputation: 53

I basicly follow the instruction in this post: tkagg backend problems

Then used git to get the source: sudo git clone git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git

Then did build/install using Python3.4: sudo python3.4 setup.py install

Upvotes: 1

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