Error using matplotlib in PyCharm: has no attribute 'FigureCanvas' [duplicate]

Question

I have this code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as p1lt

#define data
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
y = [3, 7, 14, 19, 15, 11]

#create line plot
p1lt.plot(x, y)

#show line plot

p1lt.show()

I get an error that says:

Matplotlib support failed 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "C:\Users\G\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdeaIC2022.2\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\_pydev_bundle\pydev_import_hook.py", line 25, in do_import
    succeeded = activate_func() 
  File "C:\Users\G\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdeaIC2022.2\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\_pydev_bundle\pydev_code_executor.py", line 29, in <lambda>
    "matplotlib": lambda: activate_matplotlib(self.enableGui), 
  File "C:\Users\G\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdeaIC2022.2\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\pydev_ipython\matplotlibtools.py", line 110, in activate_matplotlib
    gui, backend = find_gui_and_backend() 
  File "C:\Users\G\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdeaIC2022.2\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\pydev_ipython\matplotlibtools.py", line 47, in find_gui_and_backend
    backend = matplotlib.rcParams['backend'] 
  File "D:\books\programming\python17\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 677, in __getitem__
    plt.switch_backend(rcsetup._auto_backend_sentinel) 
  File "D:\books\programming\python17\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pyplot.py", line 251, in switch_backend
    switch_backend(candidate) 
  File "D:\books\programming\python17\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pyplot.py", line 266, in switch_backend
    canvas_class = backend_mod.FigureCanvas 
AttributeError: partially initialized module 'matplotlib.backends.backend_macosx' has no attribute 'FigureCanvas' (most likely due to a circular import)
    
Process finished with exit code 0

I used previously Matplotlib on my PC, I removed and reinstalled Python and IntelliJ.

What is wrong? How do I fix it?

Answer 1

You can just add those code at the head

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('TkAgg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt