AttributeError: 'module matplotlib.cbook has no attribute 'mplDeprecation' after installing TOBIAS via pip

[mano2991]

After successfully installing TOBIAS using pip, attempting to run it results in an AttributeError related to matplotlib.cbook.

I have posted the error message below for the understanding.

TOBIAS ATACorrect
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/manoj/anaconda3/bin/TOBIAS", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('tobias==0.16.0', 'console_scripts', 'TOBIAS')())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/manoj/anaconda3/bin/TOBIAS", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/manoj/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 202, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/manoj/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/manoj/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tobias/TOBIAS.py", line 38, in <module>
    warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=matplotlib.cbook.mplDeprecation)
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'matplotlib.cbook' has no attribute 'mplDeprecation'

[msbentsen]

Hi @mano2991 ,

I can confirm this error with matplotlib>=3.8. A quick fix is to downgrade matplotlib to <3.8 using pip:
pip install 'matplotlib<3.8'

I also pushed a new version to the dev-branch of this repository, so you can also reinstall TOBIAS with:
pip install git+https://github.com/loosolab/TOBIAS@dev
The version number with TOBIAS --version should then show 0.16.1-b

I hope this helps!

[mano2991]

Thanks @msbentsen its working now.