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uv usually installs its own versions of Python from thepython-build-standalone project, and only recent versions of thosePython builds (August 2025) work properly with thetkagg backendfor displaying plots in a window. Please make sure you are using uv0.8.7 or newer (update with e.g.uvselfupdate) and that yourbundled Python installs are up to date (withuvpythonupgrade--reinstall). Alternatively, you can use one of the othersupported GUI frameworks, e.g.

uvaddmatplotlibpyside6

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