matplotlib on pycharm with remote ssh intepreter
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Solution 1
First, you need to forward X11 connections to your local machine (ssh -X ...
for linux, for windows you can use VcXsrv and setup the forwarding in your ssh client).
Next, set the DISPLAY
environment variable in your run configuration as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32945380/2708478
After that, plt.show()
will show the plot on your local machine.
Solution 2
I had the same problem and fixed it by changing to a non-interactive backend:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
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Updated on September 15, 2022Comments
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Donbeo over 1 year
I am using pycharm with a remote interpreter.
When I try to use matplotlib I get the following error:
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt Backend TkAgg is interactive backend. Turning interactive mode on. Failed to enable GUI event loop integration for 'tk' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/donbeo/.pycharm_helpers/pydev/pydev_console_utils.py", line 498, in do_enable_gui enable_gui(guiname) File "/home/donbeo/.pycharm_helpers/pydev/pydev_ipython/inputhook.py", line 509, in enable_gui return gui_hook(app) File "/home/donbeo/.pycharm_helpers/pydev/pydev_ipython/inputhook.py", line 262, in enable_tk app = _TK.Tk() File "/usr/lib/python3.4/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1808, in __init__ self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) _tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable >>> plt.plot([1,2,3]) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py", line 2821, in run_code exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns) File "<ipython-input-6-e426dd61f8f7>", line 1, in <module> plt.plot([1,2,3]) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 2980, in plot ax = gca() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 803, in gca ax = gcf().gca(**kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 450, in gcf return figure() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 423, in figure **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 79, in new_figure_manager return new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 87, in new_figure_manager_given_figure window = Tk.Tk() File "/usr/lib/python3.4/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1808, in __init__ self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) _tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable >>> plt.show()
How can I solve?
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beldaz about 6 yearsDid you need to use X11 display forwarding?
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lopsided about 6 yearsNo, you only need display forwarding if you want to render results onto your workstation from the remote machine. If you just want it not to crash then this is all you need to do.