# GR build issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gr-build-issue/20259>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gr-build-issue/20259 "2019-01-30T02:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tk3369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tk3369/32/2824_2.png) [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gr-build-issue/20259/1 "2019-01-30T02:24:33Z")

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Has anyone seen this GR build problem before? I got this on a user’s desktop running Windows 7.

```julia
C a n n o t s t a r t W i n d o w s P o w e r S h e l l v e r s i o n 3 b e c a u s e i t i s n o t c o r r e c t l y i n s t a l l e d . 
 
 C a n n o t s t a r t W i n d o w s P o w e r S h e l l v e r s i o n 3 b e c a u s e i t i s n o t c o r r e c t l y i n s t a l l e d . 
 
 [ Info: Downloading pre-compiled GR 0.37.0 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 C:\Users\TRaney\.julia\packages\GR\shnUy\deps\build.jl:108
 [7] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [8] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1044
 [9] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [10] include(::String) at .\client.jl:392
 [11] top-level scope at none:0
in expression starting at C:\Users\TRaney\.julia\packages\GR\shnUy\deps\build.jl:63

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**Author:** ![c42f](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/c42f/32/52842_2.png) [@c42f](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/c42f)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gr-build-issue/20259/2 "2019-01-30T04:04:11Z")

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Could this be related to the issues with TLS 1.2 and windows 7?

[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26167](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26167)

[https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/BinaryProvider.jl/pull/128](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/BinaryProvider.jl/pull/128)

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**Author:** ![jheinen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jheinen/32/2787_2.png) [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gr-build-issue/20259/3 "2019-01-30T05:56:01Z")

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I think so. Please try to install the latest [Windows Management Framework](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616) and then try to build GR again.