# Issues installing plotting packages (due to FFMPEG / Cairo?)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-installing-plotting-packages-due-to-ffmpeg-cairo/92491>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-installing-plotting-packages-due-to-ffmpeg-cairo/92491 "2023-01-04T09:22:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-installing-plotting-packages-due-to-ffmpeg-cairo/92491/3 "2023-01-04T09:34:15Z")

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Is this Julia 1.8.4 on Windows? It has issues with libcairo, see [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).

Best for now is to go back to 1.8.3 and a 1.8.5 will soon be released that fixes this.

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