iPython, Jupyter -> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'cbook'

Question

I am a beginner at programming and I am working on an online course which uses ipython and jupyter notebook. I am working with Mac OS 10.13.3.

I have tried importing matplotlib as follows,

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

However, the following error is being generated.

--------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-30-385145dcc870> in <module>()
----> 1 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      2 get_ipython().magic(u'matplotlib inline')

/Users/Varshil/anaconda/envs/gl-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py in <module>()
     27 from cycler import cycler
     28 import matplotlib
---> 29 import matplotlib.colorbar
     30 from matplotlib import style
     31 from matplotlib import _pylab_helpers, interactive

/Users/Varshil/anaconda/envs/gl-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/colorbar.py in <module>()
     30 
     31 import matplotlib as mpl
---> 32 import matplotlib.artist as martist
     33 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
     34 import matplotlib.collections as collections

/Users/Varshil/anaconda/envs/gl-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py in <module>()
      9 import numpy as np
     10 import matplotlib
---> 11 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
     12 from matplotlib.cbook import mplDeprecation
     13 from matplotlib import docstring, rcParams

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'cbook'

It would be of great help if someone could help me solve this issue. I have tried looking up online but have found no successful leads.

Something went wrong when installing matplotlib. Try to uninstall and reinstall again. — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Feb 12 '18 at 11:49
Also see [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35236953/attributeerror-module-object-has-no-attribute-cbook). — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Feb 12 '18 at 12:06
@ImportanceOfBeingErnest Initially, I installed the whole package using graph lab create launcher. So I uninstalled the graph lab launcher and installed it again. I checked after uninstallation whether matplotlib exists and it did not. However the issue still remains. — Varshil Anavadia, Feb 12 '18 at 13:39
I have tried finding which matplotlib has been imported by typing... `import imp` `imp.find_module("matplotlib")` This is the result. `(None, '/Users/Varshil/anaconda/envs/gl-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib', ('', '', 5))` Can someone explain what this means? — Varshil Anavadia, Feb 13 '18 at 06:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '18 at 19:08

This is because you are using old version of matplotlib.

Those who are using GraphLab Create, first activate virtual environment:

source gl-env/bin/activate

Now upgrade matplotlib:

pip install -U matplotlib

Output:

Found existing installation: matplotlib 1.5.1 Uninstalling matplotlib-1.5.1: Successfully uninstalled matplotlib-1.5.1 Successfully installed matplotlib-2.1.2

Restart iPython/Jupyter.

If you are on Mac, you might get the following error:

RuntimeError: Python is not installed as a framework. The Mac OS X backend will not be able to function correctly if Python is not installed as a framework.

Create a file ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc there and add the following code: backend: TkAgg

Again restart iPython/Jupyter.

iPython, Jupyter -> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'cbook'

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