# I cannot install Plots in Julia 1.6.1

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-cannot-install-plots-in-julia-1-6-1/59971>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [April 25, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-cannot-install-plots-in-julia-1-6-1/59971 "2021-04-25T05:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-cannot-install-plots-in-julia-1-6-1/59971/1 "2021-04-25T05:00:00Z")

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```julia
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   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.1 (2021-04-23)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
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(@v1.6) pkg> st
      Status `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml` (empty project)

(@v1.6) pkg> add Plots
    Updating registry at `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\registries\General`
┌ Warning: could not download https://pkg.julialang.org/registries
└ @ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:980
   Resolving package versions...
     Cloning [77ba4419-2d1f-58cd-9bb1-8ffee604a2e3] NaNMath from https://github.com/mlubin/NaNMath.jl.git
ERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/mlubin/NaNMath.jl.git, error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to send request: The connection with the server was terminated abnormally
)

(@v1.6) pkg>

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-cannot-install-plots-in-julia-1-6-1/59971/2 "2021-04-25T07:37:25Z")

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```julia
(@v1.5) pkg> st
Status `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.5\Project.toml`
  [91a5bcdd] Plots v1.12.0

(@v1.5) pkg> add Roots
   Updating registry at `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\registries\General`
  Resolving package versions...
  Installed Roots ─ v1.0.8
Updating `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.5\Project.toml`
  [f2b01f46] + Roots v1.0.8
Updating `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.5\Manifest.toml`
  [f2b01f46] + Roots v1.0.8

(@v1.5) pkg> st
Status `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.5\Project.toml`
  [91a5bcdd] Plots v1.12.0
  [f2b01f46] Roots v1.0.8

(@v1.5) pkg>

```