spyder's kernel dies when I try to make a plot

Question

I just updated spyder to 5.1.5 and all it takes is these 4 lines of code to break the kernel:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
arr = np.arange(0,100)
plt.plot(arr)

Other plots also fail. Inline plotting also fails. Help!

I made a new environment using anaconda:

conda create -n ws_fcst python=3.8 spyder pandas numpy matplotlib scikit-learn sqlalchemy pyodbc

Still the same problem.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 02 '21 at 14:03

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This is likely a duplicate of my problem.

Spyder 5.1.5 creates a new kernel after running a custom function

There is a potential solution in my answers. Otherwise, you can also downgrade freetype from 2.11.0 to 2.10.4 by doing conda install freetype=2.10.4 as suggested by Eheran1 in this GitHub post.

https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/16659

edited Nov 02 '21 at 14:03

XiB

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answered Nov 02 '21 at 12:30

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@XiB I am curious which one did you try, the downgrading of matplotlib or the downgrading of freetype? – JonnDough Nov 02 '21 at 14:04
Freetype :), I thought that I would start with the smallest change possible. – XiB Nov 04 '21 at 08:08

spyder's kernel dies when I try to make a plot

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