# Issue with XGBoost.jl and LIBSVM.jl when Julia 1.8.4

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-xgboost-jl-and-libsvm-jl-when-julia-1-8-4/92396>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** packages\
**Created:** [January 1, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-xgboost-jl-and-libsvm-jl-when-julia-1-8-4/92396 "2023-01-01T21:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jd-foster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jd-foster/32/35824_2.png) [@jd-foster](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jd-foster)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-xgboost-jl-and-libsvm-jl-when-julia-1-8-4/92396/29 "2023-04-25T05:20:59Z")

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I just realised there is a whole parallel discussion about Windows library loading issues here that may have some relevance:

> [@GLMakie and Plots fail to precompile under Julia 1.8.4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-and-plots-fail-to-precompile-under-julia-1-8-4/92087):
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> Today I updated to Julia 1.8.4 but GLMakie and Plots bothe fail to precompile. The first error that occurs is similar in both cases and refers to \libcairo-2.dll, eg: using GLMakie [Info: Precompiling GLMakie [e9467ef8-e4e7-5192-8a1a-b1aee30e663a] ERROR: LoadError: InitError: could not load library "C:\Users\xxxxx\.julia\artifacts\3aff78028a0bb2ad40ebc3ae7e465a52dcbe2730\bin\libcairo-2.dll" The specified module could not be found. Stacktrace: [1] dlopen(s::String, flags::UInt32; throw\_error:…

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