Julia fails to precompile plots

yes it gives:

julia> using Pkg; Pkg.precompile()
Precompiling project...
  ✗ GR_jll
  ✗ Plots
  0 dependencies successfully precompiled in 12 seconds. 132 already precompiled.

ERROR: The following 1 direct dependency failed to precompile:

Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]

Failed to precompile Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] to /Users/matteomassaro/.julia/compiled/v1.8/Plots/jl_MeTmZV.
ERROR: LoadError: InitError: UndefVarError: GR_jll not defined
Stacktrace:
  [1] __init__()
    @ GR.GRPreferences ~/.julia/packages/GR/eEMaG/src/preferences.jl:40
  [2] _include_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, depmods::Vector{Any})
    @ Base ./loading.jl:831
  [3] _require_search_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, sourcepath::String, build_id::UInt64)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1039
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1315
  [5] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1200
  [6] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:1180 [inlined]
  [7] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:223 [inlined]
  [8] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1144
  [9] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base ./Base.jl:419
 [10] include(x::String)
    @ Plots ~/.julia/packages/Plots/CUQan/src/Plots.jl:1
 [11] top-level scope
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Plots/CUQan/src/Plots.jl:201
 [12] include
    @ ./Base.jl:419 [inlined]
 [13] 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, UInt64}}, source::Nothing)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1554
 [14] top-level scope
    @ stdin:1
during initialization of module GRPreferences
in expression starting at /Users/matteomassaro/.julia/packages/Plots/CUQan/src/backends/gr.jl:3
in expression starting at /Users/matteomassaro/.julia/packages/Plots/CUQan/src/Plots.jl:1
in expression starting at stdin:1
Stacktrace:
 [1] pkgerror(msg::String)
   @ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Types.jl:67
 [2] precompile(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{String}; internal_call::Bool, strict::Bool, warn_loaded::Bool, already_instantiated::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
   @ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1432
 [3] precompile
   @ /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1063 [inlined]
 [4] #precompile#225
   @ /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1062 [inlined]
 [5] precompile (repeats 2 times)
   @ /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1062 [inlined]
 [6] top-level scope
   @ none:1