In Ubuntu 20.04, when you install an Enthought Python environment including pyqt 4 (for example, by installing the GettingStarted bundle 3.1 or earlier), and then try to import matplotlib, you may experience one or both of the following errors:
ImportError: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_VarModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide'
To fix this, please update from pyqt 4 to pyqt 5. Using the Enthought Deployment Manager (EDM) from within this Enthought Python environment:
edm remove pyqt
edm install pyqt5
edm update --latest matplotlib
After doing this, some users see the error "QGtkStyle could not resolve GTK". To fix this, see Error in Linux: "QGtkStyle could not resolve GTK"
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