import pylab --> ImportError: cannot import name inverse

matplotlib.__version__

'0.87.2svn'

Python 2.4.1 (#1, Sep 12 2005, 23:33:18)
[GCC 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
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import pylab

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in ?
    from matplotlib.pylab import *
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line
200, in ?
    from axes import Axes, PolarAxes
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 14,
in ?
    from artist import Artist, setp
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line
4, in ?
    from transforms import identity_transform
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.py",
line 193, in ?
    from matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra import inverse
ImportError: cannot import name inverse

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