Unable to use %matplotlib inline in ipython

[jdidion]

I am using Anaconda, python 3.5.2, and ipython 5.0.0 on OSX 10.9. Strangely, 'inline' shows up as an available backend:

In [1]: %matplotlib --list
Available matplotlib backends: ['qt5', 'notebook', 'inline', 'qt', 'wx', 'qt4', 'nbagg', 'gtk3', 'tk', 'gtk', 'osx']

but when I actually try to use it, I get an error:

In [2]: %matplotlib inline
...stacktrace...
UnknownBackend: No event loop integration for 'inline'. Supported event loops are: qt, qt4, qt5, gtk, gtk2, gtk3, tk, wx, pyglet, glut, osx

The stacktrace is attached.
stacktrace.txt

[takluyver]

The %matplotlib magic is shared between terminal IPython and IPython as a Jupyter kernel, so it has the same set of options. But 'inline' and 'notebook' only work when it's a Jupyter kernel. So the bug here is just that we're showing 'inline' as an option when it isn't really.

[NLStom]

So how can we solve this? by install some library?

[kzos]

So, anybody got fix for this issue.?

[ScorpJD]

Nope, still didn't work after removing 'inline'

[BruceDai]

I met this issue on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and I use the workaround of https://stackoverflow.com/a/44840398, that's, not use %matplotlib inline, and add plt.show() after creation of graph.

[steowens]

So I read the response and I think what it is trying to say (although it is doing a very poor job at communication), is that instead of inline you should supply the correct backend on the command.
So instead of:
%matplotlib inline
You could try:
%matplotlib osx

At least on my mac the above works without error. Not that I can say that it does anything, but it doesn't choke.
If they wanted to provide a clear and meaningful error message then they might have said something like:
UnknownBackend: No event loop integration for 'inline'. Instead of 'inline' try using one of the supported event loops: qt, qt4, qt5, gtk, gtk2, gtk3, tk, wx, pyglet, glut, osx

[lloyd5389]

I faced the same issue when testing this on a windows10 vm while checking the install of an exiftool. IPython was choking on %matplotlib inline and dumping this error:
UnknownBackend: No event loop integration for 'inline'. Supported event loops are: qt, qt4, qt5, gtk, gtk2, gtk3, tk, wx, pyglet, glut, osx
So I tried embedding the Tkinter Canvas instead %matplotlib tk as it was a Supported event loop per the error message, and it worked. Thanks for the comment @steowens

[AbdelrhmanElmhdy]

You can use pylab mode in ipython. Simply run ipython --pylab in the terminal. That will launch ipython configured to be able to support the matplotlib GUI backend

[datdinhquoc]

no solutions work, i use plt.savefig("results.png") insteead