# Issue with plotting

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281 "2018-07-10T02:10:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![microlifecc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@microlifecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/microlifecc)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/1 "2018-07-10T02:10:40Z")

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I am trying to plot some values.

So I imported plotlyjs:

```julia
using Plots
plotlyjs()

```

I am getting:

> INFO: Precompiling module PlotlyJS.  
> ERROR: LoadError: HttpParser not properly installed. Please run  
> Pkg.build(“HttpParser”)  
> Stacktrace:  
> [1] error(::String, ::String, ::Vararg{String,N} where N) at ./error.jl:30  
> [2] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [3] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [4] anonymous at ./:2  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/HttpParser/src/HttpParser.jl, in expression starting on line 9  
> ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile HttpParser to /home/subhankar/.julia/lib/v0.6/HttpParser.ji.  
> Stacktrace:  
> [1] compilecache(::String) at ./loading.jl:710  
> [2] \_require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:463  
> [3] require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:405  
> [4] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [5] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [6] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [7] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [8] anonymous at ./:2  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/HttpServer/src/RequestParser.jl, in expression starting on line 16  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/HttpServer/src/HttpServer.jl, in expression starting on line 12  
> ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile HttpServer to /home/subhankar/.julia/lib/v0.6/HttpServer.ji.  
> Stacktrace:  
> [1] compilecache(::String) at ./loading.jl:710  
> [2] \_require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:463  
> [3] require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:405  
> [4] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [5] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [6] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [7] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [8] anonymous at ./:2  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/Mux/src/server.jl, in expression starting on line 1  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/Mux/src/Mux.jl, in expression starting on line 24  
> ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile Mux to /home/subhankar/.julia/lib/v0.6/Mux.ji.  
> Stacktrace:  
> [1] compilecache(::String) at ./loading.jl:710  
> [2] \_require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:463  
> [3] require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:405  
> [4] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [5] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [6] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [7] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [8] anonymous at ./:2  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/Blink/src/content/content.jl, in expression starting on line 1  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/Blink/src/Blink.jl, in expression starting on line 9  
> ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile Blink to /home/subhankar/.julia/lib/v0.6/Blink.ji.  
> Stacktrace:  
> [1] compilecache(::String) at ./loading.jl:710  
> [2] \_require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:463  
> [3] require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:405  
> [4] include\_from\_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:576  
> [5] include(::String) at ./sysimg.jl:14  
> [6] anonymous at ./:2  
> while loading /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/PlotlyJS/src/PlotlyJS.jl, in expression starting on line 17  
> if !Plots.is\_installed(“PlotlyJS”)  
> Pkg.add(“PlotlyJS”)  
> end  
> if !Plots.is\_installed(“Rsvg”)  
> Pkg.add(“Rsvg”)  
> end  
> import Blink  
> Blink.AtomShell.install()
> 
> WARNING: Couldn’t initialize plotlyjs. (might need to install it?)  
> INFO: To do a standard install of plotlyjs, copy and run this:
> 
> Failed to precompile PlotlyJS to /home/subhankar/.julia/lib/v0.6/PlotlyJS.ji.

I tried:  
`Pkg.build("HttpParser")`

Am getting:

> make: Entering directory ‘/home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/HttpParser/deps/src/http-parser-2.7.1’  
> cc -I. -DHTTP\_PARSER\_STRICT=0 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O3 -fPIC -c http\_parser.c -o libhttp\_parser.o  
> In file included from http\_parser.c:24:0:  
> http\_parser.h:32:10: fatal error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory  
> #include \<sys/types.h\>  
> ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~  
> compilation terminated.  
> Makefile:102: recipe for target ‘libhttp\_parser.o’ failed  
> make: \*\*\* [libhttp\_parser.o] Error 1  
> make: Leaving directory ‘/home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6/HttpParser/deps/src/http-parser-2.7.1’  
> ================================[BUILD ERRORS]================================
> 
> WARNING: HttpParser had build errors.
> 
> - packages with build errors remain installed in /home/subhankar/.julia/v0.6
> - build the package(s) and all dependencies with `Pkg.build("HttpParser")`
> - build a single package by running its `deps/build.jl` script

Any help please? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ralph_smith/32/10344_2.png) [@Ralph\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ralph_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/2 "2018-07-10T03:47:41Z")

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It looks like you don’t have a sufficient development environment. For example, on Ubuntu/Debian etc., you may install the “build-essentials” package to get a good foundation. For other operating system distributions, check your system documentation.

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**Author:** ![microlifecc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@microlifecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/microlifecc)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/3 "2018-07-10T04:09:46Z")

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Hi,  
Thanks for replying. Do you mean:

```julia
Pkg.add("build-essentials")

```

I am getting:

> ERROR: unknown package build-essentials  
> macro expansion at ./pkg/entry.jl:53 [inlined]  
> (::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 ./pkg/dir.jl:36  
> [5] cd(::Base.Pkg.Dir.##4#7{Array{Any,1},Base.Pkg.Entry.#add,Tuple{String}}, ::String) at ./file.jl:70  
> [6] #cd#1(::Array{Any,1}, ::Function, ::Function, ::String, ::Vararg{String,N} where N) at ./pkg/dir.jl:36  
> [7] add(::String) at ./pkg/pkg.jl:117

I am on Linux Mint 19 and using IJulia

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ralph_smith/32/10344_2.png) [@Ralph\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ralph_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/4 "2018-07-10T04:18:21Z")

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No, it’s an operating system package which insures the installation of the C compiler and some support. (You’ve got a compiler, but not the support.)

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**Author:** ![microlifecc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@microlifecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/microlifecc)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/5 "2018-07-10T04:20:34Z")

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> [@Ralph\_Smith](#):
>
> “build-essentials” package

Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![microlifecc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@microlifecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/microlifecc)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/6 "2018-07-10T05:37:49Z")

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While updating it shows:

> build-essential is already the newest version (12.4ubuntu1).  
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.

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**Author:** ![piever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/piever/32/1815_2.png) [@piever](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/piever)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-plotting/12281/7 "2018-07-10T11:06:29Z")

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Could it be [this issue](https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HttpParser.jl/issues/64)?

In that case it could be fixed by running `apt-get install make gcc` in a terminal (EDIT: though if this was the issue `build-essentials` should already provide everything you need).

Slightly tangentially, even though it could potentially be a fair amount of work, several packages (Blink, Juno, PlotlyJS, …) would probably be easier to install if if they relied on HTTP.jl (no binary dependency) rather than on HTTPParser: not sure if they’re planning to transition though.