Title: Runtime detection for default backend · Issue #3679 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub
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Description: While I'd like to make every backend available for a distribution package, the Qt5Agg backend will be set as default by matplotlib's installation script, and when a user doesn't have qt5 installed, matplotlib will throw an error if the c...
Open Graph Description: While I'd like to make every backend available for a distribution package, the Qt5Agg backend will be set as default by matplotlib's installation script, and when a user doesn't have qt5 installed,...
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