From c60b097f4aa119fda7d4d56c14262eda79b21b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonio Gonzalez Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 21:05:39 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] fix #948 --- INSTALL.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 33e08e33b..dd714e4cc 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ As a general rule of thumb you will want to have an updated version of Python H5PY is known to cause a few problems, however their [installation instructions](http://docs.h5py.org/en/latest/build.html) are a great resource to troubleshoot your system in case any of the steps above fail. + +## Troubleshooting installation issues with matplotlib + +In the event that you get `_tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable` error while trying to generate figures that rely on matplotlib, you should create a matplotlib rc file. This configuration file should have `backend : agg`. For more information you should visit the [matplotlib configuration](http://matplotlib.org/users/customizing.html) and [troubleshooting](http://matplotlib.org/faq/troubleshooting_faq.html#locating-matplotlib-config-dir) page.