pip3 install 'matplotlib==2.2.4'

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  running build_ext
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/setup.py", line 304, in <module>
      distrib = setup(
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 143, in setup
      return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
      dist.run_commands()
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py", line 192, in run
      self.run_command('build')
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/command/build.py", line 135, in run
      self.run_command(cmd_name)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/setup.py", line 141, in run
      return BuildExtCommand.run(self)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_ext.py", line 78, in run
      _build_ext.run(self)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cython/Distutils/old_build_ext.py", line 186, in run
      _build_ext.build_ext.run(self)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 340, in run
      self.build_extensions()
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cython/Distutils/old_build_ext.py", line 193, in build_extensions
      ext.sources = self.cython_sources(ext.sources, ext)
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Cython/Distutils/old_build_ext.py", line 264, in cython_sources
      extension.include_dirs = list(extension.include_dirs)
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 1047, in __get__
      result = obj._hooks[self._name]() + result
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 1067, in include_dirs_hook
      import numpy
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/__init__.py", line 142, in <module>
      from . import core
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
      from . import multiarray
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/core/multiarray.py", line 12, in <module>
      from . import overrides
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/core/overrides.py", line 8, in <module>
      from numpy.compat._inspect import getargspec
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/compat/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
      from . import py3k
    File "/tmp/pip-install-747fdrmo/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.16.4-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/numpy/compat/py3k.py", line 15, in <module>
      from pathlib import Path, PurePath
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 391, in <module>
      class _NormalAccessor(_Accessor):
    File "/usr/local/src/sage-config/local/lib/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 415, in _NormalAccessor
      link_to = os.link
  AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'link'

Successfully installed matplotlib-2.2.4

pip3 install 'matplotlib==2.2.4'