--- a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py	2016-04-04 12:54:26.427194940 +0200

+++ b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py	2016-04-04 12:56:12.662590255 +0200

@@ -682,9 +682,12 @@

     _file = _decode_filesystem_path(__file__)

     path = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(_file), 'mpl-data'])

+    path = '/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data'

     if os.path.isdir(path):

         return path

+    raise RuntimeError('Could not find the matplotlib data files')

+

     # setuptools' namespace_packages may highjack this init file

     # so need to try something known to be in matplotlib, not basemap

     import matplotlib.afm

@@ -812,7 +815,7 @@

                     home, '.matplotlib', 'matplotlibrc')

             return fname

-    path = get_data_path()  # guaranteed to exist or raise

+    path = '/etc'  # guaranteed to exist or raise

     fname = os.path.join(path, 'matplotlibrc')

     if not os.path.exists(fname):

         warnings.warn('Could not find matplotlibrc; using defaults')