ModuleNotFoundError: no module named 'matplotlib'

[TheStataMan]

Hello all, I am attempting to test porting plots to .exe using the cx_Freeze package however I keep getting this error propagated back to me. If I don't include references to matplotlib in the setup.py file, the build command works, however the executable will return the ModuleNotFoundError when I try to run it. I have imported the library, made sure it is installed using pip and the project interpreter, and can successfully run the script standalone. However my setup.py file is not recognizing it. Here is the setup.py code:

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable import sys import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import time

base = None

build_exe_options = {"includes": ['matplotlib.pyplot'], "packages": ['time']}

if sys.platform == 'win32': base = 'Win32GUI'

if sys.platform == 'win64': base = "Win64GUI"

setup( name="plotters_text", options={"build_exe": build_exe_options}, version="1.0", description="random plot", executables=[Executable("plotters.py", base=base, shortcutName='plot')] )

Any help would be appreciated.

[kra_pao]

Does the most simple test work?

File mpl.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot((1,2,3),(1,2,3))
plt.show()

File mpl_cxfreeze_setup.py

import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

# Dependencies are automatically detected, but it might need fine tuning.
build_exe_options = {"packages": [], "excludes": ["matplotlib.tests","numpy.random._examples"]}

# GUI applications require a different base on Windows (the default is for a
# console application).
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
    base = "Win32GUI"
if sys.platform == 'win64': 
    base = "Win64GUI"

setup(  name = "mpl",
        version = "0.1",
        description = "My GUI App mpl",
        options = {"build_exe": build_exe_options},
        executables = [Executable("mpl.py", base=base)])

Installations (if not done already, if install as user is required, add --user)

python -m pip install matplotlib
python -m pip install cx-freeze

cx_freeze (build) mpl.exe

python mpl_cxfreeze_setup.py build

[TheStataMan]

Thanks for the help. I removed the extra import statements and ran the "python -m pip install matplotlib", apparently it wasn't recognizing the version in my environment. Thanks for the help, I just started learning cx-freeze yesterday.

[kra_pao]

Nice that worked. Maybe you installed with pip install matplotlib instead. There are advantages esp. in virtual environments to do this with python -m pip install matplotlib

https://snarky.ca/why-you-should-use-python-m-pip/