No GUI figure window after matplotlib update

JuliaPy / PyPlot.jl

Plotting for Julia based on matplotlib.pyplot

https://github.com/JuliaPy/PyPlot.jl

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No GUI figure window after matplotlib update #404

Closed chakravala closed 5 years ago

chakravala commented 5 years ago

After upgrading to python2-matplotlib-2.2.3-3 from python2-matplotlib-2.2.3-2 the figure window no longer appears in Julia. I believe it might be related to pyqt5 being added as a dependency, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know what the cause is or how to fix it?

For now, I am going to stick with the 2.2.3-2 version.

This is the package released on arch linux repositories.

stevengj commented 5 years ago

You could try changing your backend by editing .matplotlibrc (or setting the MPLBACKEND environment variable). It sounds like you are on Ubuntu? Do you get any error message?

I'm using Matplotlib 3.0.1 (installed via Conda) on MacOS, with the qt5agg backend, and it works fine for me.

chakravala commented 5 years ago

Hi, I'm actually using arch linux, as I mentioned at the end of my post.

One other thing is I am using ENV["PYTHON"] = "python2", which is why I am on 2.2.3. For python 3 I have the 3.0.1 version, but I have the same issue with that.

Editing .matplotlibrc did nothing for me, but changing the environmnet variable MPLBACKEND solved the issue for me, now it works with both python2 and python3. Thanks.