# Installing Pluto - Compile issue

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-pluto-compile-issue/128101
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-pluto-compile-issue/128101 "2025-04-15T16:11:42Z")
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### Author: ![hmcgowan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9de0a6/32.png) [@hmcgowan01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hmcgowan01)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-pluto-compile-issue/128101/1 "2025-04-15T16:11:42Z")

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I have installed latest version Julia 1.11.5. I then tried to add Pluto and got the following:

(@v1.11) pkg\> add Pluto  
Resolving package versions…  
No Changes to `C:\Users\hmcgowan\.julia\environments\v1.11\Project.toml`  
No Changes to `C:\Users\hmcgowan\.julia\environments\v1.11\Manifest.toml`  
Precompiling project…  
✗ Pluto  
0 dependencies successfully precompiled in 7 seconds. 76 already precompiled.  
1 dependency errored.  
For a report of the errors see `julia> err`. To retry use `pkg> precompile`

I then typer err and got:

julia\> err  
PkgPrecompileError: The following 1 direct dependency failed to precompile:

Pluto

Failed to precompile Pluto [c3e4b0f8-55cb-11ea-2926-15256bba5781] to “C:\Users\hmcgowan\.julia\compiled\v1.11\Pluto\jl\_B15C.tmp”.  
ERROR: LoadError: UndefVarError: `complete_remote_package` not defined in `REPLExt`  
Suggestion: check for spelling errors or missing imports.  
Stacktrace:  
[1] getproperty(x::Module, f::Symbol)  
@ Base .\Base.jl:42  
[2] top-level scope  
@ none:1  
[3] eval(m::Module, e::Any)  
@ Core .\boot.jl:430  
[4] var"@static"( **source** ::LineNumberNode, **module** ::Module, ex::Any)  
@ Base .\osutils.jl:19  
[5] include(mod::Module, \_path::String)  
@ Base .\Base.jl:557  
[6] include(x::String)  
@ Pluto C:\Users\hmcgowan.julia\packages\Pluto\RveGH\src\Pluto.jl:11  
[7] top-level scope  
@ C:\Users\hmcgowan.julia\packages\Pluto\RveGH\src\Pluto.jl:53  
[8] include  
@ .\Base.jl:557 [inlined]  
[9] include\_package\_for\_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot\_path::Vector{String}, dl\_load\_path::Vector{String}, load\_path::Vector{String}, concrete\_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt128}}, source::Nothing)  
@ Base .\loading.jl:2881  
[10] top-level scope  
@ stdin:6  
in expression starting at C:\Users\hmcgowan.julia\packages\Pluto\RveGH\src\packages\PkgCompat.jl:302  
in expression starting at C:\Users\hmcgowan.julia\packages\Pluto\RveGH\src\packages\PkgCompat.jl:1  
in expression starting at C:\Users\hmcgowan.julia\packages\Pluto\RveGH\src\Pluto.jl:1  
in expression starting at stdin:

No idea how to fix and get Pluto running

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### Author: ![disberd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@disberd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/disberd)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-pluto-compile-issue/128101/2 "2025-04-15T16:39:18Z")

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This is a problem with v1.11.5 and Pluto, same error is already discussed in [this other discourse post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-jl-precompilation-error-in-julia-v1-11-5/128088).

It seems though this issue was fixed in the latest version of Pluto which come out a few hours ago ([Release v0.20.6 · fonsp/Pluto.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/releases/tag/v0.20.6))

Can you check if it gets fixed with an update of Pluto?

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### Author: ![hmcgowan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9de0a6/32.png) [@hmcgowan01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hmcgowan01)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-pluto-compile-issue/128101/3 "2025-04-15T16:52:13Z")

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Yes, this is now fixed and Pluto is running. Thank you.
