Something seems to be broken here ... Alan Isaac Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pylab Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pylab.py", line 1, in ? from matplotlib.pylab import * File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 217, in ? new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, show = pylab_setup() File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\__init__.py", line 24, in pylab_setup globals(),locals(),[backend_name]) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_gtkagg.py", li ne 10, in ? from backend_gtk import gtk, FigureManagerGTK, FigureCanvasGTK,\ File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_gtk.py", line 6, in ? import gobject ImportError: No module named gobject >>>