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I installed the matplotlib and seaborn successfully, however, when I import them in the python shell, many errors occur. 

Python 2.7.11 |Anaconda 2.5.0 (x86_64)| (default, Dec  6 2015, 18:57:58) 
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1131, in <module>
    rcParams = rc_params()
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 975, in rc_params
    return rc_params_from_file(fname, fail_on_error)
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1100, in rc_params_from_file
    config_from_file = _rc_params_in_file(fname, fail_on_error)
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1018, in _rc_params_in_file
    with _open_file_or_url(fname) as fd:
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 17, in __enter__
    return self.gen.next()
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1000, in _open_file_or_url
    encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 543, in getdefaultlocale
    return _parse_localename(localename)
  File "/Users/guanqingliang/anaconda/lib/py`enter code here`thon2.7/locale.py", line 475, in _parse_localename
    raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8
Pep_8_Guardiola
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You need to add the following two lines to your ~/.bash_profile and then type source ~/.bash_profile or restart the terminal:

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Burhan Khalid
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