Matplotlib Not Working Anymore Due To Interactive Issue

I was working with python and matplotlib but my script crashed so I had to turn off the terminal (Ubuntu 12.04, matplotib-1.1.0, python2.7). Now if I try to run any script it crash

Solution 1:

If you read through files in the stack trace,

new.py-> /matplotlib/__init__.py -> matplotlib/rcsetup.py, /matplotlib/colors.py -> /matplotlib/cbook.py --> /home/federico/Documents/../new.py -> matplotlib/pyplot.py

You have named your module new which is shadowing with an import in matplolib.cbook, which is causing you to try to imort pyplot while you are importing pyplot which aparently blows up (exactly why is above my paygrade). You just need to re-name your module to something other than new.py (and remember to remove the new.pyc file that got created).

As a test run import matplotlib.pyplot as plt in an interactive shell.

FYI this is what you are shadowing.

This import will be removed in mpl 1.3