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DOC: Add install instructions for pixi and uv
Closes #29746.

Notes on issues with uv an tk taken from
astral-sh/uv#6893 (comment)
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timhoffm committed Mar 13, 2025
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conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib

.. tab-item:: pixi

.. code-block:: bash

pixi add matplotlib

.. tab-item:: uv

.. code-block:: bash

uv add matplotlib

.. warning::

The ``tkagg`` backend is not available because Python versions
distributed by uv do not contain tk bindings that are usable by
Matplotlib (see `this issue`_ for details). If you want Matplotlib
to be able to display plots in a window, you should install one of
the other :ref:`supported GUI frameworks <optional_dependencies>`,
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e.g.

.. code-block:: bash

uv add matplotlib pyside6

.. _this issue: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/6893#issuecomment-2565965851

.. tab-item:: other

.. rst-class:: section-toc
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The following backends work out of the box: Agg, ps, pdf, svg

Python is typically shipped with tk bindings which are used by
TkAgg.
TkAgg. Notably, python-build-standalone -- used by ``uv`` -- does
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not include tk bindings that are usable by Matplotlib.

For support of other GUI frameworks, LaTeX rendering, saving
animations and a larger selection of file formats, you can
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