# Plotting while working with VS Code remote - ssh

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309 "2020-02-07T16:33:36Z")\
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Here is the case. I had the same type of errors that you posted. Even though I installed qt5-default, I had to add `ENV["GKSwstype"] = "100"` in my `startup.jl` file, and the problem disappeared. May be you can try the second step.

> [@Gks Error When Plotting in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gks-error-when-plotting-in-vs-code/36618/11):
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> Setting ENV["GKSwstype"] = "100" (in startup.jl to avoid setting all the time Julia is launched) solved the problem. Now nothing wrong with using GR as a backed of Plots in VSCode.

Edit: Of course the library `libQt5Widgets.so` must be on the system.

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