# LoadError while precompiling Plots.jl on Ubuntu 18.04

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-while-precompiling-plots-jl-on-ubuntu-18-04/58784
**Category:** Package Management
**Tags:** precompilation, plots, artifacts
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-while-precompiling-plots-jl-on-ubuntu-18-04/58784 "2021-04-07T18:44:15Z")
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### Author: ![CodeLenz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/codelenz/32/3419_2.png) [@CodeLenz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CodeLenz)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-while-precompiling-plots-jl-on-ubuntu-18-04/58784/4 "2021-04-08T10:43:44Z")

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I had a similar problem in Fedora. Somehow I had an old

`export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64`

in my .bashrc, causing a similar problem. Before that I tried to delete the entire .julia directory, with no luck.

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