Generating a PNG with matplotlib when DISPLAY is undefined

Question

I am trying to use networkx with Python. When I run this program it get this error. Is there anything missing?

#!/usr/bin/env python

import networkx as nx
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Answer 1

What system are you on? It looks like you have a system with X11, but the DISPLAY environment variable was not properly set. Try executing the following command and then rerunning your program:

export DISPLAY=localhost:0