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Error installing matplotlib

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I got the following error while trying to install matplotlib using pip under Ubuntu 15.04 (Python 2.7.9).

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main

    status = self.run(options, args)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 304, in run

    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1230, in prepare_files

    req_to_install.run_egg_info()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 326, in run_egg_info

    command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/util.py", line 716, in call_subprocess

    % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))

InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-hP0laO/matplotlib

To be honest, I have no idea why the call to setup.py failed.

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answered 2 Years ago rvousnove · Accepted Answer

I'm using matplotlib and other scipy packages like ipython and numpy In Ubuntu 15.04. I've them installed from the Ubuntu repositories. May be you should install python-matplotlib with apt-get

Have you tried to run:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib