# Cannot install Plots on Windows 10 with Julia 1.7.2

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-install-plots-on-windows-10-with-julia-1-7-2/77624
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** package-manager
**Created:** [March 9, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-install-plots-on-windows-10-with-julia-1-7-2/77624 "2022-03-09T09:53:52Z")
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### Author: ![fredrikpaues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikpaues/32/34080_2.png) [@fredrikpaues](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikpaues)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-install-plots-on-windows-10-with-julia-1-7-2/77624/1 "2022-03-09T09:53:52Z")

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Trying to install Plots.jl and got an error `ERROR: Unable to automatically install 'LERC'`. These issues are killing me 😭

```julia-repl
(@v1.7) pkg> add Plots
   Resolving package versions...
  Downloaded artifact: LERC
  Downloaded artifact: LERC
ERROR: Unable to automatically install 'LERC' from 'C:\Users\User\.julia\packages\LERC_jll\1D0hs\Artifacts.toml'
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] ensure_artifact_installed(name::String, meta::Dict{String, Any}, artifacts_toml::String; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, verbose::Bool, quiet_download::Bool, 
io::Base.TTY)
    @ Pkg.Artifacts C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:441
  [3] download_artifacts(env::Pkg.Types.EnvCache; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, julia_version::VersionNumber, verbose::Bool, io::Base.TTY)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:617
  [4] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, new_git::Set{Base.UUID}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1182
  [5] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Base.TTY, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.TTY}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:268
  [6] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::Base.TTY, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:149
  [7] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:144
  [8] do_cmd!(command::Pkg.REPLMode.Command, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:407
  [9] do_cmd(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, input::String; do_rethrow::Bool)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:385
 [10] do_cmd
    @ C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:376 [inlined]
 [11] (::Pkg.REPLMode.var"#24#27"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::IOBuffer, ok::Bool)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:549
 [12] #invokelatest#2
    @ .\essentials.jl:716 [inlined]
 [13] invokelatest
    @ .\essentials.jl:714 [inlined]
 [14] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\REPL\src\LineEdit.jl:2493
 [15] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
    @ REPL C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\REPL\src\REPL.jl:1232
 [16] (::REPL.var"#49#54"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
    @ REPL .\task.jl:423

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### Author: ![fredrikpaues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikpaues/32/34080_2.png) [@fredrikpaues](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikpaues)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-install-plots-on-windows-10-with-julia-1-7-2/77624/2 "2022-03-09T13:27:16Z")

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The first rule of troubleshooting: Reboot. 🤣