using PyPlot not working

[TimEvans]

When I try to call using PyPlot I get an error when it tries to install matplotlib. I tried to clean things up and remove my local version of Anaconda thinking that might be the problem and reinstall PyPlot and PyCall fresh but still getting the error. I am confused also by the error INFO: No system-wide Python was found; got the following error: as I am on Linux Mint, and certainly have a system wide python installed. Could this be part of the reason? Here is my output

julia> ENV["PYTHON"]=""
""

julia> Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Updating XGBoost...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: No packages to install, update or remove

julia> Pkg.add("PyPlot")
INFO: Installing Conda v0.1.8
INFO: Installing JSON v0.5.0
INFO: Installing LaTeXStrings v0.1.6
INFO: Installing PyCall v1.2.0
INFO: Installing PyPlot v2.1.1
INFO: Building PyCall
INFO: No system-wide Python was found; got the following error:
could not spawn `'' -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION'))"`: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
using the Python distribution in the Conda package
Fetching package metadata: ....
Solving package specifications: ...................
# All requested packages already installed.
# packages in environment at /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr:
#
numpy                     1.10.1                   py27_0    http://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-64/numpy-1.10.1-py27_0.tar.bz2
INFO: PyCall is using /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/bin/python (Python 2.7.11) at /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/bin/python, libpython = /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so
INFO: Package database updated

julia> using PyPlot
INFO: Recompiling stale cache file /home/tim/.julia/lib/v0.4/PyPlot.ji for module PyPlot.
INFO: Recompiling stale cache file /home/tim/.julia/lib/v0.4/PyCall.ji for module PyCall.
INFO: Installing matplotlib via the Conda package...
Fetching package metadata: ....
Solving package specifications: ......................
# All requested packages already installed.
# packages in environment at /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr:
#
matplotlib                1.5.0               np110py27_0    defaults
ERROR: InitError: PyError (:PyImport_ImportModule) <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
ImportError('cannot import name scimath',)
  File "/home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 122, in <module>
    from matplotlib.cbook import is_string_like, mplDeprecation, dedent, get_label
  File "/home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/cbook.py", line 32, in <module>
    import numpy as np
  File "/home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 180, in <module>
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "/home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/home/tim/.julia/v0.4/Conda/deps/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from . import scimath as emath

 [inlined code] from /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/PyCall/src/exception.jl:81
 in pyimport at /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/PyCall/src/PyCall.jl:302
 in __init__ at /home/tim/.julia/v0.4/PyPlot/src/PyPlot.jl:227
 in _require_from_serialized at loading.jl:84
 in _require_from_serialized at ./loading.jl:109
 in require at ./loading.jl:219
during initialization of module PyPlot

julia> 

Thanks

[stevengj]

Probably a duplicate of JuliaPy/PyCall.jl#65 ... see that issue for workarounds.