# Pkg.add("plots") doesn't work

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** package, plotting\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015 "2021-01-26T21:51:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Firas\_Bejar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/firas_bejar/32/21416_2.png) [@Firas\_Bejar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Firas_Bejar)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015/1 "2021-01-26T21:51:41Z")

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I am a total beginner with julia and I’ve been trying to make some simple plots using the following commands:  
import Pkg  
using Pkg  
Pkg.add(“Plots”)  
but everytime I get the same msg:

**Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package WebIO [0f1e0344]:**

**WebIO [0f1e0344] log:  
├─WebIO [0f1e0344] has no known versions!  
└─found to have no compatible versions left with Atom [c52e3926]  
└─Atom [c52e3926] log:  
├─possible versions are: [0.8.0-0.8.8, 0.9.0-0.9.1, 0.10.0-0.10.2, 0.11.0-0.11.3, 0.12.0-0.12.30] or uninstalled  
└─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions [0.8.0-0.8.8, 0.9.0-0.9.1, 0.10.0-0.10.2, 0.11.0-0.11.3, 0.12.0-0.12.30]**

Help please!!

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015/2 "2021-01-26T21:55:27Z")

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start a new environment.

1. Create a new folder
2. Change the directory in julia to that folder using `cd` from inside julia
3. Activate a new environment with `import Pkg; Pkg.activate(".")`
4. do `Pkg.add("Plots")`

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**Author:** ![Firas\_Bejar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/firas_bejar/32/21416_2.png) [@Firas\_Bejar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Firas_Bejar)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015/3 "2021-01-28T14:06:59Z")

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Thank you very much, works perfectly!

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-plots-doesnt-work/54015/4 "2021-01-28T15:46:11Z")

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You should do this before starting every project. If you use a global “namespace” for packages for the same project everywhere, you are bound to have lots of conflicts