# Fail to precompile Plots.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-precompile-plots-jl/92422>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Tags:** package, plots\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-precompile-plots-jl/92422 "2023-01-02T17:26:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fdekerme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fdekerme/32/43574_2.png) [@fdekerme](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fdekerme)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-precompile-plots-jl/92422/1 "2023-01-02T17:26:10Z")

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Hello ! 😁  
I can’t use Plots anymore. An error appears during the precompilation indicating that it misses libraries, but these last ones are however well present in C:\Users\xxx.julia\packages. I couldn’t say exactly when the problem started.  
I tried to test the package Plots.jl and the following error appears :

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/0/4/0406dbbf2cecf88812a129186b24037c4e4d3a9d.png)

Apparently some people had similar problems here but I haven’t found any solution yet. I am under Windows 11 22H2 and Julia 1.8.4.

Thanks ! 😃

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**Author:** ![Maucejo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maucejo/32/39090_2.png) [@Maucejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maucejo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-precompile-plots-jl/92422/2 "2023-01-02T18:05:54Z")

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I have the same problem and there is some answers here [https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-and-plots-fail-to-precompile-under-julia-1-8-4/92087](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-and-plots-fail-to-precompile-under-julia-1-8-4/92087).

For the moment, I have downgraded julia to return to 1.8.3.

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-precompile-plots-jl/92422/3 "2023-01-02T22:00:00Z")

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We will need to release an 1.8.5 to fix this. For the moment I suggest using 1.8.3 or adding Julia to the PATH by using the installer.