# "matplotlib" library is outdated, could we load external one instead?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/matplotlib-library-is-outdated-could-we-load-external-one-instead/3315
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [January 11, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/matplotlib-library-is-outdated-could-we-load-external-one-instead/3315 "2020-01-11T16:37:55Z")
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### Author: ![MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MBG)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/matplotlib-library-is-outdated-could-we-load-external-one-instead/3315/1 "2020-01-11T16:37:55Z")

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In MacOS ParaView 5.7.0:

```
import matplotlib; matplotlib. __version__

'1.1.1'

```

From PYTHONPATH:

```
python2.7 -c "import matplotlib; print (matplotlib. __version__ )"

2.2.4

```

I tried to change import paths order by ParaView segfaults in this case. Some suggestions?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/matplotlib-library-is-outdated-could-we-load-external-one-instead/3315/2 "2020-03-20T23:47:07Z")

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It looks like we have matplotlib 3.1.1 in the Python3 binaries. Since the Python2 binaries are on their way out, I’m just going to let them at 1.1.1.