Installing ipympl without matplotlib ? #560

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1. martinRenou commented on Jul 26, 2024

   

   martinRenou

   on Jul 26, 2024

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   Hi,

   Your users can always pip install the matplotlib version they want in the kernel from the notebook with the %pip magic. Though keep in mind ipympl does not work with all the matplotlib versions available.

   You can also install ipympl with pip and the --no-deps option to not pull matplotlib, but you'd need to install other dependency manually.

   Ideally we would split the front-end components from the Python library in ipympl, as we've done elsewhere for widgets. That way you could just install the front-end component and your users would be responsible for installing ipympl in the kernel if they want to use it