# Matplotlib Configuration Issues

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/matplotlib-configuration-issues/185
**Category:** User Support
**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/matplotlib-configuration-issues/185 "2016-12-14T19:47:47Z")
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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/matplotlib-configuration-issues/185/2 "2016-12-14T20:36:09Z")

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Hi @malenaamer! Are you running QIIME 2 on a server somewhere that doesn't have a display attached to it? If not, you don't need to worry about the `echo "backend: Agg" > ~/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc` command. If you **are** installing QIIME 2 in a headless environment (no display, e.g. desktop GUI), then you need to make sure that the necessary directories are in place before running that command:

```sh
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/matplotlib
$ echo "backend: Agg" > ~/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc

```

Hope that helps!

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