# Mayavi mlab usage trouble

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mayavi-mlab-usage-trouble/33954>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mayavi-mlab-usage-trouble/33954 "2020-01-30T00:18:22Z")\
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I’m having trouble using `mayavi.mlab` even though I have been able to install mayavi using `Conda`.

I can do the following

`mv = pyimport("mayavi") #works`  
but cannot do either of the following  
`mlab = pyimport("mayavi.mlab") `  
or use  
`mv.mlab.volume_slice`  
I get the following error  
`The Python package mayavi.mlab could not be found by pyimport.`

I have tried using `pygui_start` with various backends before importing mayavi to no avail. Is anyone else using Mayavi for plotting in Julia v 1.1.1?