Plot is not showing: Out[] = -Graphics-

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Newbie has a plot question. The graph is not showing! Not even an empty graph. What happened? Help, please!

In[4]:= Plot[Sin[x],{x,0,2}]    
Out[4]= -Graphics-
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Hi,

one would need more information. Are you running Mathematica from the command line? Then it would be quite normal that you don’t get the graphical output.

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If you are running Mathematica in the standard graphical user/notebook interface you should see the plot as expected.

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Also it might be useful if you could post the output of this command:

$Version

Cheers,

Marco

PS: You might also want to see this and this.

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Hi. Please see this article which shows you how to fix this configuration issue with your copy of Mathematica:

Please let me know if you have any questions about it.

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If you are running it from command line then you can export the graph to see it.

  • It usually exports to the installation location.
  • May need to run it as admin as installation location file changes request admin rights.
  • Example export:
In[4]:= p2 = Plot[Sin[x],{x,0,2}];                                                                                      
In[5]:= Export["p2.jpg",p2];