Error building packages on Windows 7 x64. (Old title GR.jl)

Hello.

I could install and use GR (through Plots) on my Windows 10 X64 computer with Julia 1.0.2.
But I’m not able to install it on the computer at work using Windows 7 x64.

I get this error:

julia> Pkg.build(“GR”)
Building GR → C:\Users\med\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.log
┌ Error: Error building GR:
│ �[ Info: Downloading pre-compiled GR 0.35.0 Windows binary
│ [ Info: Using insecure connection
│ [ Info: Cannot download GR run-time
│ ERROR: LoadError: IOError: chmod: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:85 [inlined]
│ [2] #chmod#16(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::UInt16) at .\file.jl:829
│ [3] chmod at .\file.jl:828 [inlined]
│ [4] #rm#9(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String) at .\file.jl:250
│ [5] rm(::String) at .\file.jl:245
│ [6] top-level scope at logging.jl:319
│ [7] top-level scope at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl:91
│ [8] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
│ [9] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1044
│ [10] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
│ [11] include(::String) at .\client.jl:392
│ [12] top-level scope at none:0
│ in expression starting at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl:63
└ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1097

I’ve tried both as administrator and as a user. I’ve tried applying exclusion rules on the antivirus and firewall. But nothing changes.

I don’t have problems installing other programs.

This may be the cure:

And see thread:

There is some SSL problem on your machine when the GR build script tries to download the run-time using a secure connection. As a result, build.jl tries an insecure connection, which seems to fail, too. It’s hard for me to identify the real problem as I can’t reproduce this behaviour.

Can you download the run-time from the command line (wget, curl or whatever)?

Unfortunatelly it doesn’t work.
I have also tried removing the folder .julia\registries

Could you tell me the command line to do it, please?

I don’t know why I didn’t have any problem with Julia 0.7.

I had another error after installing 1.02. I removed .julia completely and afterwards it worked.

Do you have additional info in C:\Users\med\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.log?

Up to now I’m also gettinh errors while installing other packages.

Building Rmath ───────────→ C:\Users\med\.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\build.log
┌ Error: Error building Rmath:
│ ┌ Warning: platform_key() is deprecated, use platform_key_abi() from now on
│ │ caller = ip:0x0
│ └ @ Core :-1
│ ┌ Warning: Could not extract the platform key of https://github.com/staticfloat/RmathBuilder/releases/download/v0.2.0-1/libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz; continuing…
│ └ @ BinaryProvider C:\Users\med.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\1nGWd\src\Prefix.jl:185
│ [ Info: Downloading https://github.com/staticfloat/RmathBuilder/releases/download/v0.2.0-1/libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz to C:\Users\med.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\usr\downloads\libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz…
│ ERROR: LoadError: Could not download https://github.com/staticfloat/RmathBuilder/releases/download/v0.2.0-1/libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz to C:\Users\med.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\usr\downloads\libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz:
│ ErrorException(“”)
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
│ [2] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:311 [inlined]
│ [3] download#93(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\1nGWd\src\PlatformEngines.jl:487
│ [4] download at .\none:0 [inlined]
│ [5] #download_verify#94(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\1nGWd\src\PlatformEngines.jl:567
│ [6] #download_verify at .\none:0 [inlined]
│ [7] #install#133(::Prefix, ::String, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\1nGWd\src\Prefix.jl:314
│ [8] (::getfield(BinaryProvider, Symbol(“#kw##install”)))(::NamedTuple{(:prefix, :force, :verbose),Tuple{Prefix,Bool,Bool}}, ::typeof(install), ::String, ::String) at .\none:0
│ [9] top-level scope at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\build.jl:36
│ [10] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
│ [11] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1044
│ [12] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
│ [13] include(::String) at .\client.jl:392
│ [14] top-level scope at none:0
│ in expression starting at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\build.jl:32
│ Excepci�n al establecer “SecurityProtocol”: “No se puede convertir a NULL el tipo “System.Net.SecurityProtocolType” porque hay valores de enumeraci�n no v�lidos. Especifique uno de los siguientes valores de enumeraci�
│ n e int�ntelo de nuevo. Los posibles valores de enumeraci�n son “Ssl3, Tls”.”
│ En l�nea: 1 Car�cter: 35
│ + [System.Net.ServicePointManager]:: <<<< SecurityProtocol =
│ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: , RuntimeException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException

│ Excepci�n al llamar a “DownloadFile” con los argumentos “2”: “Se ha terminado la conexi�n: Error inesperado de env�o.”
│ En l�nea: 5 Car�cter: 24
│ + $webclient.DownloadFile <<<< (“https://github.com/staticfloat/RmathBuilder/releases/download/v0.2.0-1/libRmath.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz”, “C:\Users\med.julia\packages\Rmath\Py9gH\deps\usr\downloads\libRmath.x86_64
│ -w64-mingw32.tar.gz”)
│ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

└ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1097

I’m going to uninstall everything and clean all folders and try again.

Looking into c:\Users\username\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl
it is trying to download
https://gr-framework.org/downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz
You can try this in your browser.
The julia command line used is (line 93 in build.jl)

file = "downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz"
download("https://gr-framework.org/downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz", file)

You can try this in the REPL. Remove "downloads/" from file, as the folder probably doesn’t exist in your current path.

I’ll download all needed packages. How should I continue with the installation from that packages?
Anyway if I need to do it manually for every package it’s going to be very messy.

It was meant to check if there is some system problem with downloading, not that you download the tar archives manually.

I can download them well.

Can I force Julia to use another protocol?
It seems to be something related with access permisions even if I run it as administrator.

I’ve tried everything you say but can’t solve the problem yet.

In file
c:\Users\username\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl
add line 96: @info("https://$url")
It should look like;

    try
      @info("https://$url")
      download("https://$url", file)
    catch

Run

using Pkg
Pkg.build("GR")

Show us the output of
c:\Users\username\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.log

For me it shows:

[ Info: Downloading pre-compiled GR 0.35.0 Windows binary
[ Info: https://gr-framework.org/downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz

The terminal shows:

Pkg.build(“GR”)
Building GR → C:\Users\med\.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.log
┌ Error: Error building GR:
� N�o� �s�e� �p�u�e�d�e� �i�n�i�c�i�a�r� �l�a� �v�e�r�s�i���n� �3� �d�e� �W�i�n�d�o�w�s� �P�o�w�e�r�S�h�e�l�l�.� �N�o� �e�s�t��� �i�n�s�t�a�l�a�d�a� �c�o�r�r�e�c�t�a�m�e�n�t�e�.�
� �N�o� �s�e� �p�u�e�d�e� �i�n�i�c�i�a�r� �l�a� �v�e�r�s�i���n� �3� �d�e� �W�i�n�d�o�w�s� �P�o�w�e�r�S�h�e�l�l�.� �N�o� �e�s�t��� �i�n�s�t�a�l�a�d�a� �c�o�r�r�e�c�t�a�m�e�n�t�e�.�
│ �[ Info: Downloading pre-compiled GR 0.35.0 Windows binary
│ [ Info: https://gr-framework.org/downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz
│ [ Info: Using insecure connection
│ [ Info: Cannot download GR run-time
│ ERROR: LoadError: IOError: chmod: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:85 [inlined]
│ [2] #chmod#16(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::UInt16) at .\file.jl:829
│ [3] chmod at .\file.jl:828 [inlined]
│ [4] #rm#9(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String) at .\file.jl:250
│ [5] rm(::String) at .\file.jl:245
│ [6] top-level scope at logging.jl:320
│ [7] top-level scope at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl:91
│ [8] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
│ [9] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1044
│ [10] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
│ [11] include(::String) at .\client.jl:392
│ [12] top-level scope at none:0
│ in expression starting at C:\Users\med.julia\packages\GR\k8wwU\deps\build.jl:63
└ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1097

and the file build.log on the same folder says:

No se puede iniciar la versión 3 de Windows PowerShell. No está instalada correctamente.
No se puede iniciar la versión 3 de Windows PowerShell. No está instalada correctamente.
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The two first lines are Spanish (like my Windows) and mean

it’s not possible to start Windows PowerShell version 3. It’s not installed properly

I don’t know what are those Chinese symbols, Google Translate is not able to translate them.

I’m going to try to install Powershell 3 but anything I try it says it’s not compatible.

In this case, the commands

file = "gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz"
download("https://gr-framework.org/downloads/gr-0.35.0-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz", file)

should also not work, I guess. You said, they are working?

You could try to install PowerShell 3:

But I am only guessing here, it seems strange.

OK, I’m sorry I was wrong.
What I tried before was to download the file from a web browser, and that works.
But if I run that lines from Julia I get this error:

it’s not possible to start version 3 of Windows PowerShell. It’s not installed properly.
ERROR: Downloading files requires Windows Management Framework 3.0 or later.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
[2] download(::String, ::String) at .\download.jl:18
[3] top-level scope at none:0

I’ve being trying for a while and finally got to install

The more I learn about computers the more complex everything seems, crosscompilations, dead libraries, missing packages… and even more problems on Linux.

Anyway, now it works.
Thank you.

That’s soooo crazy! Looks like we should even use our own (static builtin) download mechanism in GR
Anyway, thanks for finding this out.

Ref: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/25477 and https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/26719.

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Finally I found my problem was general, not just for GR.
I’m going to change the thread title.
Isn’t it possible to install the packages precompiled?