# Missing libpython3.5m library?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-libpython3-5m-library/16007>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-libpython3-5m-library/16007 "2018-10-08T04:59:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![purplishrock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/purplishrock/32/13451_2.png) [@purplishrock](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/purplishrock)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-libpython3-5m-library/16007/1 "2018-10-08T04:59:38Z")

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‘’’  
[Info: Precompiling PyPlot [d330b81b-6aea-500a-939a-2ce795aea3ee]  
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: could not load library “libpython3.5m”  
libpython3.5m.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory  
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I can’t figure out what i need to install to get libpython3.5m, I was hoping someone does.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![purplishrock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/purplishrock/32/13451_2.png) [@purplishrock](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/purplishrock)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-libpython3-5m-library/16007/2 "2018-10-08T05:21:41Z")

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nevermind.  
looks like julia got out of sync with the python on my system (it’s a long story)

i deleted the .julia directory and started over. all is well.

note unless you’ve re-installed linux you shouldn’t have to do this …