Python 3.7 - ImportError: matplotlib is required for plotting

Asked Jul 26 '18 at 06:06

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I am new to python and trying to run a simple plot using the following code -

import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
dataset.hist()
plt.show()

I am getting the following error: ImportError: matplotlib is required for plotting.

I alraedy have pandas, numpy and matplotlib installed.

thanks.

asked Jul 26 '18 at 06:06

Oshrit

check all dependency install on your machine. Python (>= 2.7 or >= 3.4) NumPy (>= 1.7.1) setuptools dateutil (>= 2.1) pyparsing libpng (>= 1.2) pytz FreeType (>= 2.3) cycler (>= 0.10.0) six backports.functools_lru_cache (for Python 2.7 only) subprocess32 (for Python 2.7 only, on Linux and macOS only) kiwisolver (>= 1.0.0) – jits_on_moon Jul 26 '18 at 06:08
Always use `python3.7 -m pip install` to be sure that you're using the right version of python with pip, – Andras Deak -- Слава Україні Jul 26 '18 at 06:09
`dataset.hist()` where is dataset to plot? ` – Roshan Bagdiya Jul 26 '18 at 06:20
on cmd check : `python3 -c 'import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__, matplotlib.__file__)'` – Roshan Bagdiya Jul 26 '18 at 06:24
@Roshan you mean `python3.7`. The problem is probably exactly that `python`, `python3` and `python3.7` are all different. – Andras Deak -- Слава Україні Jul 26 '18 at 06:30
check it like `python -c 'import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__, matplotlib.__file__)'` if only one version of python is installed – Roshan Bagdiya Jul 26 '18 at 06:47
@Roshan What Andras said. When diagnosing issues like this it pays to be _very_ specific about the version of python. – PM 2Ring Jul 26 '18 at 07:19

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