# Plotting a histogram in Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-a-histogram-in-julia/20361>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-a-histogram-in-julia/20361 "2019-02-01T16:56:37Z")\
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Please try:

```julia
ENV["GRDIR"]=""
] build GR
using GR
histogram(randn(10000))

```

If that works, you can restart Julia and switch to Plots:

```julia
using Plots
histogram(randn(10000))

```

For any reason, your installation is/was incomplete.

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