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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Update virtualenv + OSX + conda guide","articleBody":"I was working on a pull request (in version 1.5.1+1707.g506df7b.dirty) on OSX (10.9.5) with Python 2.7 in a Conda environment. Using the current virtualenv FAQ (http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/faq/virtualenv_faq.html, specifically the frameworkpython script solution), I was not able to load matplotlib.\n\nIn the discussion of the pull request, @efiring suggested a procedure (https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/6358#issuecomment-217734423) that did work after adding one final step. Inside the Conda enviroment you want to develop matplotlib in, the procedure is as follows (mostly copied from @efiring):\n1. Use conda to make a test environment with the desired python version, and use conda to install matplotlib in it.\n2. Use conda to uninstall matplotlib.\n3. In your github clone of matplotlib, make a feature branch, and make the desired changes to it.\n4. In the root of that clone directory run `pip install .`.\n5. Install the Framework version of python with `conda install python.app`.\n6. Open a new terminal and activate the conda environment (or run `hash -r` (bash) / `rehash` (zsh) in the old terminal to make sure your shell finds the conda version of `pythonw` instead of the OSX version).\n7. Use `pythonw` instead of `python` from now on.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/egpbos","@type":"Person","name":"egpbos"},"datePublished":"2016-05-13T15:27:55.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":25},"url":"https://github.com/6418/matplotlib/issues/6418"}