# Just downloaded Julia, want to add Plots package, all I get is crashes

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [May 2, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426 "2021-05-02T18:06:47Z")
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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/1 "2021-05-02T18:06:48Z")

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Hello,  
I just downloaded Julia so I am a total noob.  
I click the Julia.exe  
then “]” to enter the pkg \> REPL  
then I write “add Plots” press enter  
Since 20 minitues it is frozen in this stage  
I have no idea what I could have done wrong, please help

- Windows 10 machine
- Intel i7 CPU

```julia
  Progress [=========================>] 56/92
  ✗ FriBidi_jll
  ✗ Bzip2_jll
  ✗ Libgpg_error_jll
  ✗ Xorg_libXau_jll
  ✗ Opus_jll
  ◒ Xorg_libXdmcp_jll
  ✗ Libmount_jll
  ✗ Zstd_jll
  ◑ OpenSSL_jll
  ✗ x265_jll
  ✗ libpng_jll
  ✗ LAME_jll
  ✗ Gettext_jll
  ✗ Wayland_jll
  ✗ Latexify
  ✗ JSON
  ✗ Tables
  ✗ Contour
  ✗ DataStructures
  ✗ FreeType2_jll
  ✗ Libgcrypt_jll
  ✗ Libtiff_jll
  ✗ Glib_jll
  ✗ Wayland_protocols_jll
  ✗ StructArrays
  ✗ SortingAlgorithms
  ✗ Fontconfig_jll
  ✗ libass_jll
  ✗ XSLT_jll
  ✗ GeometryBasics
  ✗ StatsBase

```

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/2 "2021-05-02T18:28:43Z")

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I uninstalled Julia 1.6.1 and switched to 1.4.2 now it works.

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### Author: ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/3 "2021-05-02T18:38:13Z")

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you don’t have to wait for the auto-precompile. See if `using Plots` works in your 1.6.1.

I’ve noticed sometimes the auto-precompile fails because too many parallel julia processes are running

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/4 "2021-05-02T18:42:08Z")

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You mean I without typing `add Plots` first, just going straight with `using Plots` ?

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### Author: ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/5 "2021-05-02T18:43:19Z")

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after `add`ing Plots, you can Ctrl-C to kill the auto-precompile, or when you see it has failed/frozen, you can just close the window and re-open Julia then `using Plots`. The precompilation failure is separate from `add` – you have the pkg added just fine.

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/6 "2021-05-02T18:44:08Z")

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Thank you, now I get it. Will try it out.

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/7 "2021-05-02T19:25:34Z")

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Unfortunately it didn’t work, produces this error:

```julia
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.1 (2021-04-23)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

julia> using Plots
[Info: Precompiling Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]

Please submit a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Please sub
Please submit a bug repor at 0x0 -- at 0x0 -- it a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x0 -- at 0x0 -- CESS_VIOLATION with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x0 -- unknown function (ip: 0000000000000000)
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\Bzip2_jll\aAOqr\src\Bzip2_jll.jl:5
in expression starting at C:\Users\YavorERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile Bzip2_jll [6e34b625-4abd-537c-b88f-471c36dfa7a0] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\Bzip2_jll\jl_61F1.tmp.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
  [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
  [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:914
  [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:901
  [7] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base .\Base.jl:386
  [8] top-level scope
    @ C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\bkwIo\src\toplevel_generators.jl:170
  [9] include
    @ .\Base.jl:386 [inlined]
 [10] 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::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1213
 [11] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [12] eval
    @ .\boot.jl:360 [inlined]
 [13] eval(x::Expr)
    @ Base.MainInclude .\client.jl:446
 [14] top-level scope
    @ none:1
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\FreeType2_jll\K7fyn\src\wrappers\x86_64-w64-mingw32.jl:4
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\FreeType2_jll\K7fyn\src\FreeType2_jll.jl:2
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile FreeType2_jll [d7e528f0-a631-5988-bf34-fe36492bcfd7] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\FreeType2_jll\jl_59B3.tmp.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
  [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
  [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:914
  [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:901
  [7] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base .\Base.jl:386
  [8] top-level scope
    @ C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\bkwIo\src\toplevel_generators.jl:170
  [9] include
    @ .\Base.jl:386 [inlined]
 [10] 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::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1213
 [11] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [12] eval
    @ .\boot.jl:360 [inlined]
 [13] eval(x::Expr)
    @ Base.MainInclude .\client.jl:446
 [14] top-level scope
    @ none:1
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\libass_jll\uUbBl\src\wrappers\x86_64-w64-mingw32.jl:4
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\libass_jll\uUbBl\src\libass_jll.jl:2
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Failed to precompile libass_jll [0ac62f75-1d6f-5e53-bd7c-93b484bb37c0] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\libass_jll\jl_5137.tmp.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
  [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
  [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:914
  [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:901
  [7] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base .\Base.jl:386
  [8] top-level scope
    @ C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\bkwIo\src\toplevel_generators.jl:170
  [9] include
    @ .\Base.jl:386 [inlined]
 [10] 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::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1213
 [11] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [12] eval
    @ .\boot.jl:360 [inlined]
 [13] eval(x::Expr)
    @ Base.MainInclude .\client.jl:446
 [14] top-level scope
    @ none:1
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\FFMPEG_jll\xCSqL\src\wrappers\x86_64-w64-mingw32.jl:4
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\FFMPEG_jll\xCSqL\src\FFMPEG_jll.jl:2
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile FFMPEG_jll [b22a6f82-2f65-5046-a5b2-351ab43fb4e5] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\FFMPEG_jll\jl_48AC.tmp.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
  [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
  [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:914
  [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:901
  [7] include
    @ .\Base.jl:386 [inlined]
  [8] 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::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1213
  [9] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [10] eval
    @ .\boot.jl:360 [inlined]
 [11] eval(x::Expr)
    @ Base.MainInclude .\client.jl:446
 [12] top-level scope
    @ none:1
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\aazvf\src\FFMPEG.jl:1
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile FFMPEG [c87230d0-a227-11e9-1b43-d7ebe4e7570a] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\FFMPEG\jl_45EE.tmp.
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base .\error.jl:33
  [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
  [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
  [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
  [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:914
  [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base .\loading.jl:901
  [7] include
    @ .\Base.jl:386 [inlined]
  [8] 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:1213
  [9] top-level scope
    @ none:1
 [10] eval
    @ .\boot.jl:360 [inlined]
 [11] eval(x::Expr)
    @ Base.MainInclude .\client.jl:446
 [12] top-level scope
    @ none:1
in expression starting at C:\Users\zama\.julia\packages\Plots\lzHOt\src\Plots.jl:1
ERROR: Failed to precompile Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] to C:\Users\zama\.julia\compiled\v1.6\Plots\jl_BFE4.tmp.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(s::String)
   @ Base .\error.jl:33
 [2] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, internal_stderr::Base.TTY, internal_stdout::Base.TTY)
   @ Base .\loading.jl:1360
 [3] compilecache(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
   @ Base .\loading.jl:1306
 [4] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId)
   @ Base .\loading.jl:1021
 [5] require(uuidkey::Base.PkgId)
   @ Base .\loading.jl:914
 [6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
   @ Base .\loading.jl:901

julia>

```

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### Author: ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/8 "2021-05-02T19:39:13Z")

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now that’s some weird error message worth opening an issue on github maybe

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### Author: ![ianshmean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ianshmean/32/216042_2.png) [@ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianshmean)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/9 "2021-05-02T20:07:31Z")

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> [@jling](#):
>
> I’ve noticed sometimes the auto-precompile fails because too many parallel julia processes are running

This also shouldn’t be happening. Worth a bug report if you’ve seen it in a stable release or recent master

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### Author: ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/10 "2021-05-02T20:11:13Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2404](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2404)

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### Author: ![ianshmean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ianshmean/32/216042_2.png) [@ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianshmean)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/11 "2021-05-02T20:17:26Z")

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Ah I thought you were referring to more typical usage. That issue does highlight a problem in shared resource systems where `Sys.CPU_THREADS` returns an inaccurate number.

Worth noting for others suffering that, that there is a workaround in the issue.

But that’s not the main issue in this thread. That seems much more broken.

I’d recommend uninstalling and reinstalling 1.6

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/12 "2021-05-02T21:23:42Z")

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Do you mean uninstalling 1.6.1 (the current stable release) and reinstalling it? I did that two times already, doesn’t work. Or is there some other version called 1.6?

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### Author: ![ianshmean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ianshmean/32/216042_2.png) [@ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianshmean)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/13 "2021-05-02T21:28:21Z")

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Sounds like you did the right thing, but just checking, did you install the 64-bit version? Assuming your system is 64-bit.

`versioninfo()` will give you that info

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### Author: ![zamazalotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zamazalotta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zamazalotta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/14 "2021-05-02T21:32:06Z")

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Yes, the 64-bit version on a 64-bit Windows 10 machine

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### Author: ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-downloaded-julia-want-to-add-plots-package-all-i-get-is-crashes/60426/15 "2021-05-03T19:14:37Z")

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@zamazalotta Please consider using the Chocolatey package manager to install and update Julia. It solves a lot of problems and I use it regularly.

> **[Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows](https://chocolatey.org/)**
>
> Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software...