Matplotlib created a temporary config/cache directory

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Matplotlib created a temporary config/cache directory at /var/www/.config/matplotlib because the default path (/tmp/matplotlib-b33qbx_v) is not a writable directory; it is highly recommended to set the MPLCONFIGDIR environment variable to a writable directory, in particular to speed up the import of Matplotlib and to better support multiprocessing.

This is the message I'm getting in error.log file and 504 Gateway Time out error on browser . Someone please help to resolve this issue.

Dnaaz · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-30 10:53:39Z

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import os os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = os.getcwd() + "/configs/"

before

import matplotlib

works for me

answered Jul 30, 2021 at 10:53

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Firas Nizam Over a year ago

it works for me but make them in two lines import os os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = os.getcwd() + "/configs/"

Peter TechNerd · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-16 13:16:34Z

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Please check: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/617

I run matplotlib from the webserver and use: os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = '/opt/myapplication/.config/matplotlib' This dir should writable by the web server (e.g. www-data).

answered Aug 16, 2020 at 13:16

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