import matplotlib.pyplot hangs

Question

I\'m trying to get matplotlib up and running on OS X 10.8.4. I\'ve installed matplotlib and the dependencies (libping, freetype, numpy, scipy). I am able to import matplotli

Answer 1

You can fix the problem on Mac OS X Mavericks and Yosemite by doing the following:

cd ~/.matplotlib/
fc-list  # Should take a couple minutes.

After fc-list finishes running you will be able to import the package using import matplotlib.pyplot as plt. This is the github issue with the solution. It seems the bug is related to the font cache.