Python: Unable to Render Tex in Matplotlib

Question

I recently upgraded my laptop to Snow Leopard, updated TeX to Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2011/MacPorts 2011_5), and installed Python 2.7.3. After all these installs, I ran

Answer 1

On an Ubunutu 14.04 machine the combination of answers from above worked. I sudo apt-get install the dvipng,texlive-latex-extra, and texlive-fonts-recommended packages and that did the trick:

$ sudo apt-get install dvipng texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended 

Edit: As of Matplotlib 3.2.1, you now also need the package cm-super (see https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/16911)

Answer 2

The error message says you're missing the type1cm package. It seems that MacPorts includes it as part of texlive-latex-extra.

Answer 3

I had to install the cm-super package in a ubuntu derivate (jupyter/minimal-notebook which derives from Ubuntu 18.04) $ sudo apt-get install cm-super