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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Can't import matplotlib","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nImporting matplotlib fails with `ImportError: cannot import name 'get_backend' from 'matplotlib'`.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug, also minimizing the number of dependencies required--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--The output produced by the above code, which may be a screenshot, console output, etc.--\u003e\r\n\r\n```\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"\u003cstdin\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py\", line 1080, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    rcParamsOrig = RcParams(rcParams.copy())\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py\", line 870, in __getitem__\r\n    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py\", line 33, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    import matplotlib.image\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/image.py\", line 18, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    from matplotlib.backend_bases import FigureCanvasBase\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py\", line 46, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    from matplotlib import (\r\nImportError: cannot import name 'get_backend' from 'matplotlib' (/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py)\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nMatplotlib is imported\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: GNU/Linux\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.0 git master\r\n  * Python version: 3.7.1\r\n\r\nPython from Arch repo, matplotlib from git master.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/beojan","@type":"Person","name":"beojan"},"datePublished":"2018-10-23T14:35:57.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/12601/matplotlib/issues/12601"}