[Nix-dev] matplotlib not found by python

[Bjørn Forsman]

On 14 January 2016 at 06:27, Andrew Fraser <andy at fraserphysics.com> wrote:
> [...]
> I write today to ask for help getting matplotlib running.
>
> Here is the list of packages that I've installed:
>
>     krunk at cathcart:~$ nix-env -q
>     emacs-24.5
>     emacs-auctex-11.87.7
>     emacs-magit-2.3.1
>     git-2.7.0
>     hello-2.10
>     nix-1.10
>     python-2.7.11
>     python2.7-ipython-4.0.0
>     python2.7-matplotlib-1.5.0
>     python2.7-numpy-1.10.2
>     python2.7-scipy-0.16.1
>     python3-3.5.1
>     python3.5-ipython-4.0.0
>     python3.5-matplotlib-1.5.0
>     python3.5-numpy-1.10.2
>     python3.5-scipy-0.16.1
>     texlive-combined-full-2015
>     krunk at cathcart:~$
>
> And here is the error that I must resolve:
>
>     krunk at cathcart:~$ python
>     Python 2.7.11 (default, Jan 01 1970, 00:00:01)
>     [GCC 4.9.3] on linux2
>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>     >>> import matplotlib
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>     ImportError: No module named matplotlib
>     >>>

That workflow is currently not supported. See
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/10597.

Best regards,
Bjørn Forsman