# \] precompile stops after first error
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-stops-after-first-error/22137
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [March 21, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-stops-after-first-error/22137 "2019-03-21T11:18:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-stops-after-first-error/22137/1 "2019-03-21T11:18:28Z")
I would like to use `] precompile` to compile my packages after an update. However, there always seems to be one package that fails to precompile, causing the entire process to halt. Is there any way around this?
```julia
(v1.1) pkg> precompile
Precompiling project...
Precompiling SymPy
[Info: Recompiling stale cache file /Users/christopher.fisher/.julia/compiled/v1.1/SymPy/KzewI.ji for SymPy [24249f21-da20-56a4-8eb1-6a02cf4ae2e6]
Precompiling Cairo
[Info: Precompiling Cairo [159f3aea-2a34-519c-b102-8c37f9878175]
ERROR: LoadError: Cairo not properly installed. Please run
Pkg.build("Cairo")
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String, ::String) at ./error.jl:42
[2] top-level scope at none:0
[3] include at ./boot.jl:326 [inlined]
[4] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1038
[5] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
[6] top-level scope at none:2
[7] eval at ./boot.jl:328 [inlined]
[8] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:404
[9] top-level scope at ./none:3
in expression starting at /Users/christopher.fisher/.julia/packages/Cairo/CXPG1/src/Cairo.jl:9
ERROR: Failed to precompile Cairo [159f3aea-2a34-519c-b102-8c37f9878175] to /Users/christopher.fisher/.julia/compiled/v1.1/Cairo/l6vnT.ji.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String) at ./error.jl:33
[2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1197
[3] precompile(::Pkg.Types.Context) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/API.jl:429
[4] do_precompile!(::Dict{Symbol,Any}, ::Array{String,1}, ::Dict{Symbol,Any}) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:612
[5] #invokelatest#1(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at ./essentials.jl:742
[6] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at ./essentials.jl:741
[7] do_cmd!(::Pkg.REPLMode.PkgCommand, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:561
[8] #do_cmd#30(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:536
[9] do_cmd at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:532 [inlined]
[10] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol("##48#51")){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:967
[11] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:742 [inlined]
[12] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:741 [inlined]
[13] run_interface(::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, ::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, ::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2273
[14] run_frontend(::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::REPL.REPLBackendRef) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1035
[15] run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/REPL/src/REPL.jl:192
[16] (::getfield(Base, Symbol("##734#736")){Bool,Bool,Bool,Bool})(::Module) at ./client.jl:362
[17] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:742 [inlined]
[18] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:741 [inlined]
[19] run_main_repl(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool) at ./client.jl:346
[20] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at ./client.jl:284
[21] _start() at ./client.jl:436
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-stops-after-first-error/22137/2 "2019-03-21T11:28:21Z")
[Continue precompiling even if some packages fail by timholy · Pull Request #1038 · JuliaLang/Pkg.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/pull/1038).
Should be in Julia master but haven’t made it to a release yet.
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-stops-after-first-error/22137/3 "2019-03-21T12:50:48Z")
Thanks. I look forward to the next release!