the Qt platform plugin

[RBJ]

Output of sys.dir with the Bash window (Neuron all works well)

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['', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2', 'c:\\nrn\\ningw\\bin', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anac
onda2\\scripts', 'c:\\nrn\\lib\\python', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\python27.z
ip', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\DLLs', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib', 'c:\
\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\plat-win', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\lib-t
k', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda
2\\lib\\site-packages\\Sphinx-1.6.2-py2.7.egg', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib
\\site-packages\\win32', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\
\lib', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin', 'c:\\Program
Data\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-27.2.0-py2.7.egg']

Output of sys.dir from nrniv_python

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['c:\\nrn\\bin', '', 'c:\\nrn\\bin', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2', 'c:\\nrn\\nin
gw\\bin', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\scripts', 'c:\\nrn\\lib\\python', 'c:\\Pr
ogramData\\Anaconda2\\python27.zip', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\DLLs', 'c:\\Pr
ogramData\\Anaconda2\\lib', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\plat-win', 'c:\\Pr
ogramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\lib-tk', 'c:\\nrn\\bin', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\
\lib\\site-packages', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\Sphinx-1.
6.2-py2.7.egg', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\win32', 'c:\\Pr
ogramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anacond
a2\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin', 'c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\lib\\site-packa
ges\\setuptools-27.2.0-py2.7.egg', 'c:/nrn/lib/python']

Thanks so much for your time!
R.

[hines]

"This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "windows" in "". "

The most robust work around is to launch python and import neuron.
In regard to launching nrniv -python (or using the icon) You may also have luck with copying the qt.conf file (in the same folder as python.exe) to c:/nrn/bin
That worked for me with anaconda python3. It failed with anaconda python2 because of because of incompatible c libraries.

[RBJ]

Thanks!

[hines]

The R6034 crash with nrniv and anaconda2 (4.3.1) with pyplot.figure was avoided by linking nrniv.exe against msvcr90.dll using the Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest.
The setup.exe is http://www.neuron.yale.edu/ftp/neuron/v ... -setup.exe
This was tested for Anaconda2 (4.3.1), Anaconda3 (4.3.1) (python 3.6), and Anaconda3 (4.1.1) (python 3.5). The first two required a copy of qt.conf into c:/nrn/bin
(there is no such file in Anaconda 4.1.1 and apparently it is not needed for that version).

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from matplotlib import pyplot
pyplot.figure(figsize=(8,4))
pyplot.show()

works for all these cases.

[RBJ]

Thanks very much, am on Teaching duties for a while now; will feedback when I have tried this!
BW R.

[RBJ]

All working beautifully now. Thank you so much for your help!!
Now for some science!!