@@ -41,12 +41,19 @@ Matplotlib figures can be rendered to various user interfaces. See
4141:ref: `what-is-a-backend ` for more details on the optional Matplotlib backends
4242and the capabilities they provide.
4343
44- * Tk _ (>= 8.4, != 8.6.0 or 8.6.1) [# ]_: for the Tk-based backends.
44+ * Tk _ (>= 8.4, != 8.6.0 or 8.6.1): for the Tk-based backends. Tk is part of
45+ most standard Python installations, but it's not part of Python itself and
46+ thus may not be present in rare cases.
4547* PyQt6 _ (>= 6.1), PySide6 _, PyQt5 _, or PySide2 _: for the Qt-based backends.
46- * PyGObject _: for the GTK-based backends [# ]_.
48+ * PyGObject _: for the GTK-based backends. If using pip (but not conda or system
49+ package manager) PyGObject must be built from source; see `pygobject
50+ documentation
51+ <https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/devguide/dev_environ.html> `_.
4752* pycairo _ (>= 1.11.0) or cairocffi _ (>= 0.8): for the GTK and/or cairo-based
4853 backends.
49- * wxPython _ (>= 4) [# ]_: for the wx-based backends.
54+ * wxPython _ (>= 4): for the wx-based backends. If using pip (but not conda or
55+ system package manager) on Linux wxPython wheels must be manually downloaded
56+ from https://wxpython.org/pages/downloads/.
5057* Tornado _ (>=5): for the WebAgg backend.
5158* ipykernel _: for the nbagg backend.
5259* macOS (>=10.12): for the macosx backend.
@@ -63,13 +70,6 @@ and the capabilities they provide.
6370.. _Tornado : https://pypi.org/project/tornado/
6471.. _ipykernel : https://pypi.org/project/ipykernel/
6572
66- .. [# ] Tk is part of most standard Python installations, but it's not part of
67- Python itself and thus may not be present in rare cases.
68- .. [# ] If using pip (and not conda), PyGObject must be built from source; see
69- https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/devguide/dev_environ.html.
70- .. [# ] If using pip (and not conda) on Linux, wxPython wheels must be manually
71- downloaded from https://wxpython.org/pages/downloads/.
72-
7373Animations
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