# How to install Plots

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977 "2018-08-07T09:01:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chdlkl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chdlkl/32/4835_2.png) [@chdlkl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chdlkl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977/1 "2018-08-07T09:01:45Z")

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```julia
# I encountered the following problems when installing Plots. What should I do?
ERROR: GitError(Code:ENOTFOUND, Class:Repository, Could not find repository from
macro expansion at .\libgit2\error.jl:99 [inlined]
Base.LibGit2.GitRepo(::String) at .\libgit2\repository.jl:10
prefetch(::String, ::String, ::Array{String,1}) at .\pkg\cache.jl:41
resolve(::Dict{String,Base.Pkg.Types.VersionSet}, ::Dict{String,Dict{VersionNumb}}, ::Dict{String,Base.Pkg.Types.Fixed}, ::Dict{String,VersionNumber}, ::Set{Str
resolve(::Dict{String,Base.Pkg.Types.VersionSet}, ::Dict{String,Dict{VersionNumb}}, ::Dict{String,Base.Pkg.Types.Fixed}) at .\pkg\entry.jl:479
edit(::Function, ::String, ::Base.Pkg.Types.VersionSet, ::Vararg{Base.Pkg.Types.
(::Base.Pkg.Entry.##1#3{String,Base.Pkg.Types.VersionSet})() at .\task.jl:335
Stacktrace:
 [1] sync_end() at .\task.jl:287
 [2] macro expansion at .\task.jl:303 [inlined]
 [3] add(::String, ::Base.Pkg.Types.VersionSet) at .\pkg\entry.jl:51
 [4] (::Base.Pkg.Dir.##4#7{Array{Any,1},Base.Pkg.Entry.#add,Tuple{String}})() at
 [5] cd(::Base.Pkg.Dir.##4#7{Array{Any,1},Base.Pkg.Entry.#add,Tuple{String}}, ::
 [6] #cd#1(::Array{Any,1}, ::Function, ::Function, ::String, ::Vararg{String,N}
 [7] add(::String) at .\pkg\pkg.jl:117

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977/2 "2018-08-07T09:04:24Z")

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I guess you tried to post a screenshot, but as a local image. Please copy the error message instead as text (quoted with [backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)).

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**Author:** ![chdlkl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chdlkl/32/4835_2.png) [@chdlkl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chdlkl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977/3 "2018-08-07T09:06:07Z")

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```julia
thank u very much!!!

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-plots/12977/4 "2018-08-07T17:52:52Z")

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What did you execute to get this error message?