Unable to “import matplotlib.pyplot as plt” in virtualenv

Question

I am working with flask in a virtual environment. I was able to install matplotlib with pip, and I can import matplotlib in a Python session. However, when I im

Answer 1

A clean and easy solution is to create a kernel that sets PYTHONHOME to VIRTUAL_ENV and then uses the system Python executable (instead of the one in the virtualenv).

If you want to automate the creation of such a kernel, you can use the jupyter-virtualenv-osx script.