Matplotlib no object 'Use' or 'version'

Question

Matplotlib seems to be broken on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I'm not sure what could've changed from a few days ago. Can somebody offer any suggestions to fix the fact that I cannot import attributes from matplotlib? Thanks -

I installed (and re-installed) using:

git clone git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git
cd matplotlib
python setup.py install

Errors:

>>> from matplotlib import *
>>> import matplotlib 
>>> matplotlib.use('Agg')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'use'

>>> matplotlib.__version__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__version__'

unutbu · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-28 01:53:18Z

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This error could happen if you named a script matplotlib.py and have it in a directory listed your PYTHONPATH. Your matplotlib.py script may be masking the "real" package.

One way to test if this is the case is to look at matplotlib.__file__.

>>> matplotlib.use('Agg')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'use'
>>> matplotlib.__file__
'/home/unutbu/pybin/matplotlib.py'
>>>

The fix is to rename your matplotlib.py something else.

answered Dec 28, 2011 at 1:53

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PhilBot Over a year ago

Thanks for the answer, however when I do a 'locate matplotlib.py' command, I don't find any files named matplotlib.py. Also, when I do the matplotlib.__file I get the following. Any other suggestions? >>> import matplotlib >>> >>> matplotlib.__file '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/__init__.pyc'

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