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No OpenGL rendering backend

See original GitHub issue

I am having the following trouble even though the requirement for installing dm_control is met.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/suite/__init__.py", line 110, in load
    visualize_reward)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/suite/__init__.py", line 140, in build_environment
    env = domain.SUITE[task_name](**task_kwargs)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/suite/cartpole.py", line 66, in swingup
    physics = Physics.from_xml_string(*get_model_and_assets())
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/mujoco/engine.py", line 344, in from_xml_string
    return cls.from_model(model)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/mujoco/engine.py", line 327, in from_model
    return cls(data)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/mujoco/engine.py", line 120, in __init__
    self._reload_from_data(data)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/mujoco/engine.py", line 306, in _reload_from_data
    render_context = render.Renderer(_MAX_WIDTH, _MAX_HEIGHT)
  File "/ais/gobi5/movie4d/conda_install/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dm_control/render/__init__.py", line 51, in Renderer
    raise ImportError('No OpenGL rendering backend could be imported.')
ImportError: No OpenGL rendering backend could be imported.

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alimuldalcommented, Jan 23, 2018

That error suggests that you’re running on a machine without an X display. GLFW requires X11, so it can’t be used on headless servers. We’re working on adding support for other OpenGL backends that support headless rendering.

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GoingMyWaycommented, May 13, 2019

@ruifengma

On macos, maybe you should brew install glfw3.

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