# 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")
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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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