By default, this package supports only non-interactive graphics output. For interactive graphics, install: - gtk+3 gir-freedesktop python3-gobject python3-cairocffi (for GTK3Agg/GTK3Cairo backend) - python3-PyQt5-svg (for Qt5Agg backend) - python3-tkinter (for TkAgg backend) - python3-tornado (for webagg backend) The backend can be defined in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/matplotlib/matplotlibrc Matplotlib’s LaTeX support requires a working LaTeX installation and ghostscript.