How to do it...

Working on non-interactive mode won't be difficult either:

1. Start the kernel afresh, and import the matplotlib and pyplot libraries:

import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

2. Set the interactive mode to OFF:

plt.ioff()

3. Check the status of interactive mode:

matplotlib.is_interactive()

4. You should get the output False.
5. Execute the following code; you will not see the plot on your screen:

# Plot a line graph
plt.plot([1.5, 3.0])

# Plot the title, X and Y axis labels
plt.title("Non Interactive Mode")
plt.xlabel("X-axis")
plt.ylabel("Y-axis")

6. Execute the following statement, and then you will see the plot on your screen:

# Display the graph on the screen 
plt.show()