get Error: 'no module named 'matplotlib.style' while matplotlib works fine

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I'm using PyCharm on an ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with python3. I want to use the 'ggplot' style module, but I get an 'no module named' error. Matplotlib 1.3.1 is installed and works fine (I updated it recently).

import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.style as mplstyle
mplstyle.use('ggplot')

ImportError: No module named 'matplotlib.style'

I also checked for the matplotlibrc file and matplotlibtool and everything seems to be as the documentation recommends. Anyone knows, what I can do?

SparkAndShine · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-18 16:58:31Z

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According to What's new in matplotlib, the style package was added to matplotlib since version 1.4.

So, check your matplotlib version by,

$ pip freeze | grep matplotlib
matplotlib==1.3.1

Upgrade matplotlib to the newest version by,

$ sudo pip install matplotlib --upgrade

$ pip freeze | grep matplotlib
matplotlib==1.5.1

This works fine for me.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.style.use('ggplot')

edited May 18, 2016 at 16:58

answered May 18, 2016 at 15:49

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kire Over a year ago

I needed to upgrade the libfreetype6 first by sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev and after that update it in pycharm of course. But then it works fine. thanks a lot.

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