Error #15: Initializing libiomp5.dylib, but found libiomp5.dylib already initialized

Question

Getting the error message when using matplotlib:

Error #15: Initializing libiomp5.dylib, but found libiomp5.dylib already initialized OMP: Hin

Answer 1

Check if there's an update for the mkl package in your env (anaconda).

I was able to solve my case simply by updating mkl.

conda install -c intel mkl

(macOS Catalina 10.15.5)