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DOC: Add install instructions for pixi and uv

Closes#29746.Notes on issues with uv an tk taken fromastral-sh/uv#6893 (comment)

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`@@ -29,6 +29,32 @@ Install`
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`30`	`30`	`conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib`
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	`32`	`+ ..tab-item::pixi`
	`33`	`+`
	`34`	`+ ..code-block::bash`
	`35`	`+`
	`36`	`+ pixi add matplotlib`
	`37`	`+`
	`38`	`+ ..tab-item::uv`
	`39`	`+`
	`40`	`+ ..code-block::bash`
	`41`	`+`
	`42`	`+ uv add matplotlib`
	`43`	`+`
	`44`	`+ ..warning::`
	`45`	`+`
	`46`	`+ Python versions distributed by uv do not contain tk bindings that are`
	`47`	+ usable by Matplotlib (see `this issue`_ for details). Therefore, the
	`48`	+ ``tkagg`` backend is not available. If you want matplotlib to be able
	`49`	`+ to display plots in a window, you should install one of the other`
	`50`	+:ref:`supported GUI frameworks<optional_dependencies>`, e.g.
	`51`	`+`
	`52`	`+ ..code-block::bash`
	`53`	`+`
	`54`	`+ uv add matplotlib pyside6`
	`55`	`+`
	`56`	`+ .. _this issue:https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/6893#issuecomment-2565965851`
	`57`	`+`
`32`	`58`	`..tab-item::other`
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`34`	`60`	`..rst-class::section-toc`

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`@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ precompiled wheel for your OS and Python.`
`28`	`28`	`The following backends work out of the box: Agg, ps, pdf, svg`
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`30`	`30`	`Python is typically shipped with tk bindings which are used by`
`31`		`- TkAgg.`
	`31`	+ TkAgg. Notably, python-build-standalone -- used by ``uv`` -- does
	`32`	`+ not include tk bindings that are usable by Matplotlib.`
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`33`	`34`	`For support of other GUI frameworks, LaTeX rendering, saving`
`34`	`35`	`animations and a larger selection of file formats, you can`

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