Not able to plot graph: matplotlib is needed for plotting
I am able to generate *.dat file:
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ./mprof run --python test_sl.py
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ls *.dat
mprofile_20151001035123.dat
But when I am trying to plot graph then it is saying "matplotlib is needed for plotting"
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ./mprof plot --output=plot.png
matplotlib is needed for plotting.
Did I miss anything?
Function I am profiling is run() which is inside: file_to_be_profiled.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import time
import os, sys, commands
from memory_profiler import profile
from guppy import hpy
@profile
def run():
d = {}
l = []
hp = hpy()
before = hp.heap()
d["k1"] = 'val1'
d["k2"] = 10
count = 0
while (count < 9):
l.append(count)
print 'The count is:', count
count = count + 1
print "Good bye!"
after = hp.heap()
leftover = after - before
print leftover
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(run())
And I am invoking run() from my test script: test_sl.py:
#!/usr/bin/python
import commands
# for the time being I am running my test to profile method: run() inside file_to_be_profiled.py
run_cmd = './file_to_be_profiled.py
commands.getstatusoutput(run_cmd)
I am running on ubuntu machine. But apt-get install did not worked for me. Then I did the install from source. But then also I am getting same error.
apt-get failed:
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ sudo apt-get install -y python-matplotlib
[sudo] password for vikaskuk:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package python-matplotlib is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'python-matplotlib' has no installation candidate
vikask@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ./mprof plot --output=plot.png
matplotlib is needed for plotting.
Then I attempted pip install... which also did not go through:
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ pip install matplotlib
Downloading/unpacking matplotlib
Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement matplotlib
Cleaning up...
No distributions at all found for matplotlib
Storing debug log for failure in /home/vikaskuk/.pip/pip.log
Finally I tried installing from source which seems to be succeeded:
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ cd ../matplotlib
vikas@server:~/matplotlib$ cd matplotlib-master/
(virtualenv)vikaskuk@beehive:~/matplotlib/matplotlib-master$ vi INSTALL
(virtualenv)vikaskuk@beehive:~/matplotlib/matplotlib-master$ python setup.py build
============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: yes [1.5.dev1]
python: yes [2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:22:56) [GCC
4.4.5]]
platform: yes [linux2]
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
numpy: yes [not found. pip may install it below.]
six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.1]
pytz: yes [pytz was not found. pip will attempt to install
it after matplotlib.]
tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the
WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to
install it after matplotlib.]
pyparsing: yes [pyparsing was not found. It is required for
mathtext support. pip/easy_install may attempt to
install it after matplotlib.]
libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
freetype: no [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h)
could not be found. You may need to install the
development package.]
png: no [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not
be found.]
qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'qhull' could not be
found. Using local copy.]
OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
sample_data: yes [installing]
toolkits: yes [installing]
tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.0 / using mock 1.0.1]
toolkits_tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.0 / using mock 1.0.1]
OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
macosx: no [Mac OS-X only]
qt5agg: no [PyQt5 not found]
qt4agg: no [PySide not found; PyQt4 not found]
gtk3agg: no [Requires pygobject to be installed.]
gtk3cairo: no [Requires cairocffi or pycairo to be installed.]
gtkagg: no [Requires pygtk]
tkagg: no [The C/C++ header for Tk (tk.h) could not be
found. You may need to install the development
package.]
wxagg: no [requires wxPython]
gtk: no [Requires pygtk]
agg: yes [installing]
cairo: no [cairocffi or pycairo not found]
windowing: no [Microsoft Windows only]
OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES
dvipng: no
ghostscript: yes [version 8.71]
latex: yes [version 3.1415926]
pdftops: no
============================================================================
* The following required packages can not be built:
* freetype, png
(virtualenv)vikaskuk@beehive:~/matplotlib/matplotlib-master$ python setup.py install
============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: yes [1.5.dev1]
python: yes [2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:22:56) [GCC
4.4.5]]
platform: yes [linux2]
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
numpy: yes [not found. pip may install it below.]
six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.1]
pytz: yes [pytz was not found. pip will attempt to install
it after matplotlib.]
tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the
WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to
install it after matplotlib.]
pyparsing: yes [pyparsing was not found. It is required for
mathtext support. pip/easy_install may attempt to
install it after matplotlib.]
libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
freetype: no [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h)
could not be found. You may need to install the
development package.]
png: no [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not
be found.]
qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'qhull' could not be
found. Using local copy.]
OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
sample_data: yes [installing]
toolkits: yes [installing]
tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.0 / using mock 1.0.1]
toolkits_tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.0 / using mock 1.0.1]
OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
macosx: no [Mac OS-X only]
qt5agg: no [PyQt5 not found]
qt4agg: no [PySide not found; PyQt4 not found]
gtk3agg: no [Requires pygobject to be installed.]
gtk3cairo: no [Requires cairocffi or pycairo to be installed.]
gtkagg: no [Requires pygtk]
tkagg: no [The C/C++ header for Tk (tk.h) could not be
found. You may need to install the development
package.]
wxagg: no [requires wxPython]
gtk: no [Requires pygtk]
agg: yes [installing]
cairo: no [cairocffi or pycairo not found]
windowing: no [Microsoft Windows only]
OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES
dvipng: no
ghostscript: yes [version 8.71]
latex: yes [version 3.1415926]
pdftops: no
============================================================================
* The following required packages can not be built:
* freetype, png
But when I try to plot the graph I hit the original issue:
vikas@server:~/matplotlib/matplotlib-master$ cd ../../memory_profiler-0.36
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ./mprof plot --output=plot.png
matplotlib is needed for plotting.
I was able to successfully do apt-get update(there was some firewall issue and then I successfully did: sudo apt-get install -y python-matplotlib.
But still I am getting some issue while running mprof:
vikas@server:~/memory_profiler-0.36$ ./mprof plot --output=plot.png
Using last profile data.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./mprof", line 494, in <module>
actions[get_action()]()
File "./mprof", line 454, in plot_action
pl.figure(figsize=(14, 6), dpi=90)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 423, in figure
**kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 79, in new_figure_manager
return new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 87, in new_figure_manager_given_figure
window = Tk.Tk()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1767, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
Why do I need to set the display? I am working on ubuntu hosted machine.
Answer
You need to install matplotlib, as instructed (this error in thrown by mprof when it can't find matplotlib).
You can do so using pip pip install matplotlib (you might need to prefix this with sudo) or your package manager:
sudo apt-get install -y python-matplotlibon Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.sudo yum install -y python-matplotlibon RHEL, CentOS and derivatives.