I'm required to install ipython and use pylab for my signals and systems class.
I already have ipython up and running (python version 3.5).
I can't get pylab to initialise.
I already installed matplotlib. When I type ipython --pylab in the terminal I get the following:
IPython 4.0.3 -- 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.
[TerminalIPythonApp] WARNING | GUI event loop or pylab initialization failed
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ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/core/shellapp.py in <lambda>(key)
217 shell = self.shell
218 if self.pylab:
--> 219 enable = lambda key: shell.enable_pylab(key, import_all=self.pylab_import_all)
220 key = self.pylab
221 elif self.matplotlib:
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py in enable_pylab(self, gui, import_all, welcome_message)
3169 from IPython.core.pylabtools import import_pylab
3170
-> 3171 gui, backend = self.enable_matplotlib(gui)
3172
3173 # We want to prevent the loading of pylab to pollute the user's
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py in enable_matplotlib(self, gui)
3118 """
3119 from IPython.core import pylabtools as pt
-> 3120 gui, backend = pt.find_gui_and_backend(gui, self.pylab_gui_select)
3121
3122 if gui != 'inline':
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/core/pylabtools.py in find_gui_and_backend(gui, gui_select)
237 """
238
--> 239 import matplotlib
240
241 if gui and gui != 'auto':
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py in <module>()
1129
1130 # this is the instance used by the matplotlib classes
-> 1131 rcParams = rc_params()
1132
1133 if rcParams['examples.directory']:
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py in rc_params(fail_on_error)
973 return ret
974
--> 975 return rc_params_from_file(fname, fail_on_error)
976
977
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py in rc_params_from_file(fname, fail_on_error, use_default_template)
1098 parameters specified in the file. (Useful for updating dicts.)
1099 """
-> 1100 config_from_file = _rc_params_in_file(fname, fail_on_error)
1101
1102 if not use_default_template:
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py in _rc_params_in_file(fname, fail_on_error)
1016 cnt = 0
1017 rc_temp = {}
-> 1018 with _open_file_or_url(fname) as fd:
1019 try:
1020 for line in fd:
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/contextlib.py in __enter__(self)
57 def __enter__(self):
58 try:
---> 59 return next(self.gen)
60 except StopIteration:
61 raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield") from None
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py in _open_file_or_url(fname)
998 else:
999 fname = os.path.expanduser(fname)
-> 1000 encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
1001 if encoding is None:
1002 encoding = "utf-8"
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/locale.py in getdefaultlocale(envvars)
557 else:
558 localename = 'C'
--> 559 return _parse_localename(localename)
560
561
/Users/ruiloureiro/anaconda/lib/python3.5/locale.py in _parse_localename(localename)
485 elif code == 'C':
486 return None, None
--> 487 raise ValueError('unknown locale: %s' % localename)
488
489 def _build_localename(localetuple):
ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8
Any idea what's causing this?
