[Python] Importing matplotlib with conda

I am trying to import matplotlib. I have installed matplotlib through:

conda install matplotlib


When attempting to import matplotlib as follows:

import matplotlib


I get the following error:

import matplotlib
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[2], line 1
----> 1 import matplotlib

File ~\AppData\Local\spyder-6\envs\spyder-runtime\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py:161
157 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
159 # cbook must import matplotlib only within function
160 # definitions, so it is safe to import from it here.
--> 161 from . import _api, _version, cbook, _docstring, rcsetup
162 from matplotlib._api import MatplotlibDeprecationWarning
163 from matplotlib.rcsetup import cycler # noqa: F401

File ~\AppData\Local\spyder-6\envs\spyder-runtime\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\rcsetup.py:28
26 from matplotlib.backends import BackendFilter, backend_registry
27 from matplotlib.cbook import ls_mapper
---> 28 from matplotlib.colors import Colormap, is_color_like
29 from matplotlib._fontconfig_pattern import parse_fontconfig_pattern
30 from matplotlib._enums import JoinStyle, CapStyle

File ~\AppData\Local\spyder-6\envs\spyder-runtime\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\colors.py:52
49 from numbers import Real
50 import re
---> 52 from PIL import Image
53 from PIL.PngImagePlugin import PngInfo
55 import matplotlib as mpl

File ~\AppData\Local\spyder-6\envs\spyder-runtime\Lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py:90
81 MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS: int | None = int(1024 * 1024 * 1024 // 4 // 3)
84 try:
85 # If the _imaging C module is not present, Pillow will not load.
86 # Note that other modules should not refer to _imaging directly;
87 # import Image and use the Image.core variable instead.
88 # Also note that Image.core is not a publicly documented interface,
89 # and should be considered private and subject to change.
---> 90 from . import _imaging as core
92 if __version__ != getattr(core, "PILLOW_VERSION", None):
93 msg = (
94 "The _imaging extension was built for another version of Pillow or PIL:\n"
95 f"Core version: {getattr(core, 'PILLOW_VERSION', None)}\n"
96 f"Pillow version: {__version__}"
97 )

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _imaging: The specified module could not be found.


Can you help me fix this, I am new to python

I tried installing and uninstalling the pillow and matplotlib packages through:

conda uninstall pillow
conda install pillow
conda uninstall matplotlib
conda install matplotlib

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