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

I figured out what was happening. Hopefully the solution is useful to others. In the /usr/X11/lib folder there was a symbolic link for the directory that was pointing back to itself. This appears to have created an infinite loop. When I removed the link, the import worked.