Interractive plots Ipython 5.0.0 in the terminal

I run Ipthon in the terminal, in linux (not a jupyter notebook).

In Ipython 2.4.1, the following commands opens a pop up interactive Tk plot window:

(prodEnv)[kv@loowkv1 sandbox]$ ipython
IPython 2.4.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.


In [1]: 

In [1]: %matplotlib
Using matplotlib backend: TkAgg
In [2]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
In [3]: import numpy as np
In [4]: plt.ion()
In [5]: x = np.arange(0, 4*np.pi, 0.1)
In [6]: y = [np.sin(i) for i in x]
In [7]: plt.plot(x, y, 'g-', linewidth=1.5, markersize=4)
Out[7]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7f5c8a8b6410>]

In Ipython 5.0.0, when I use the same code:

(prodEnv)[kv@loowkv1 sandbox]$ ipython3
Python 3.4.1 (default, Nov  3 2014, 14:38:10) 
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 5.0.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

In [1]: %matplotlib
   ...: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
   ...: import numpy as np
   ...: plt.ion()
   ...: x = np.arange(0, 4*np.pi, 0.1)
   ...: y = [np.sin(i) for i in x]
   ...: plt.plot(x, y, 'g-', linewidth=1.5, markersize=4)
   ...: 
Using matplotlib backend: agg
Out[1]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7fe49ae9c208>]

nothing appears. How do I get my poping up interractive plot in Iptyhon 5.0.0?

Answer

From your output with ipython using TkAgg i.e. tk (python-tk) as backend.

Using matplotlib backend: TkAgg

But with ipython3, it is agg

Using matplotlib backend: agg

I try with ipython3 and TkAgg backend it’s working just fine as ipython. You may need to install python3-tk to use TkAgg with matplotlib