import matplotlib.pyplot not working

Question

I am new to python and just trying to set everything up. I've tried reinstalling but still keep getting an error when I try "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt", anyone know what this means?

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 23, in <module>
from matplotlib.figure import Figure, figaspect
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 16, in <module>
import artist
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 6, in <module>
from transforms import Bbox, IdentityTransform, TransformedBbox, TransformedPath
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.py", line 34, in <module>
from matplotlib._path import affine_transform
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/_path.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/_path.so: no matching architecture in universal wrapper

Thanks!

Answer 1

I've run into a similar problem when installing python and matplotlib on multiple Mac OSs. What I ended up doing was reinstalling with Python2.6 and also getting compatible packages. It took a little while to figure out which combination works with which architecture, but eventually I got everything to run.

The matplotlib website even mentions these issuse:

"The build situation on OSX is complicated by the various places one can get the png and freetype requirements from (darwinports, fink, /usr/X11R6) and the different architectures (x86, ppc, universal) and the different OSX version (10.4 and 10.5)."