Merge pull request cantools#279 from AxelVoitier/259-matplotlib-dep

Adds "plot" extra in setup.py
Gussy · Mar 2, 2021 · 87d1ec2 · 87d1ec2
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ For more information see
 
     $ python3 -m cantools plot --help
 
+Note that by default matplotlib is not installed with cantools. But it can be by specifying an extra
+at installation:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    $ python3 -m pip install cantools[plot]
+
 The dump subcommand
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ def find_version():
           'diskcache',
           'argparse_addons',
       ],
+      extras_require=dict(
+          plot=['matplotlib'],
+      ),
       test_suite="tests",
       entry_points = {
           'console_scripts': ['cantools=cantools.__init__:_main']