# Saving figures no longer possible after Plots update
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, package, plotting
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331 "2020-05-28T10:37:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@morkip](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/morkip)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331/1 "2020-05-28T10:37:27Z")
Hi, hopefully this is a quick fix, I couldn’t find anything related.
I updated all installed packages using Pkg.update() this morning.
Since then the following lines give an error:
```julia
julia> a = ones(3)
3-element Array{Float64,1}:
1.0
1.0
1.0
julia> using Plots
julia> pyplot()
Plots.PyPlotBackend()
julia> p1 = scatter(a)
julia> savefig(p1, "test.pdf")
ERROR: BoundsError: attempt to access ""
at index [1]
Stacktrace:
[1] nextind(::String, ::Int64, ::Int64) at ./strings/basic.jl:520
[2] #chop#327(::Int64, ::Int64, ::Function, ::String) at ./strings/util.jl:99
[3] #chop at ./none:0 [inlined]
[4] addExtension(::String, ::String) at /home/moritz/.julia/packages/Plots/vAz7I/src/output.jl:96
[5] pdf(::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}, ::String) at /home/moritz/.julia/packages/Plots/vAz7I/src/output.jl:21
[6] savefig(::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}, ::String) at /home/moritz/.julia/packages/Plots/vAz7I/src/output.jl:124
[7] top-level scope at none:0
```
Saving the figure from the pyplot gui is no problem. Different backends give the same error.
The updated packages were:
```julia
julia> Pkg.update()
Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/tonyhffong/Lint.jl`
Resolving package versions...
Installed PyPlot ─────────── v2.9.0
Installed Juno ───────────── v0.8.2
Installed TensorOperations ─ v2.2.0
Installed Atom ───────────── v0.12.11
Installed StatsBase ──────── v0.33.0
Installed Plots ──────────── v1.3.5
Installed TensorCast ─────── v0.3.0
Installed Parameters ─────── v0.12.1
Installed PlotThemes ─────── v2.0.0
Installed FuzzyCompletions ─ v0.1.0
Installed LazyStack ──────── v0.0.7
Installed JuliaInterpreter ─ v0.7.16
Installed Colors ─────────── v0.12.1
Installed FillArrays ─────── v0.8.10
Installed BinaryProvider ─── v0.5.10
Installed JuliaFormatter ─── v0.5.5
Installed PlotUtils ──────── v1.0.4
Installed RecipesBase ────── v1.0.1
Installed DataStructures ─── v0.17.17
Installed CMakeWrapper ───── v0.2.4
Installed StatsFuns ──────── v0.9.5
Installed Optim ──────────── v0.18.1
Installed DiffEqDiffTools ── v0.14.0
Installed Distributions ──── v0.23.3
Installed LLVM ───────────── v1.5.1
Installed HTTP ───────────── v0.8.15
Installed UnPack ─────────── v1.0.1
Installed ColorSchemes ───── v3.9.0
Installed Interpolations ─── v0.12.10
Installed GR ─────────────── v0.49.1
Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.1/Project.toml`
[c52e3926] ↑ Atom v0.12.8 ⇒ v0.12.11
[28b8d3ca] ↑ GR v0.47.0 ⇒ v0.49.1
[e5e0dc1b] ↑ Juno v0.8.1 ⇒ v0.8.2
[d96e819e] ↑ Parameters v0.12.0 ⇒ v0.12.1
[91a5bcdd] ↑ Plots v0.29.5 ⇒ v1.3.5
[d330b81b] ↑ PyPlot v2.8.2 ⇒ v2.9.0
[2913bbd2] ↑ StatsBase v0.32.2 ⇒ v0.33.0
[02d47bb6] ↑ TensorCast v0.2.1 ⇒ v0.3.0
[6aa20fa7] ↑ TensorOperations v2.1.4 ⇒ v2.2.0
Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.1/Manifest.toml`
[4fba245c] - ArrayInterface v2.2.0
[4c555306] - ArrayLayouts v0.1.5
[c52e3926] ↑ Atom v0.12.8 ⇒ v0.12.11
[b99e7846] ↑ BinaryProvider v0.5.9 ⇒ v0.5.10
[d5fb7624] ↑ CMakeWrapper v0.2.3 ⇒ v0.2.4
[7057c7e9] - Cassette v0.3.3
[35d6a980] + ColorSchemes v3.9.0
[5ae59095] ↑ Colors v0.12.0 ⇒ v0.12.1
[864edb3b] ↑ DataStructures v0.17.15 ⇒ v0.17.17
[01453d9d] ↓ DiffEqDiffTools v1.6.0 ⇒ v0.14.0
[31c24e10] ↑ Distributions v0.23.2 ⇒ v0.23.3
[1a297f60] ↑ FillArrays v0.8.9 ⇒ v0.8.10
[fb4132e2] + FuzzyCompletions v0.1.0
[28b8d3ca] ↑ GR v0.47.0 ⇒ v0.49.1
[cd3eb016] ↑ HTTP v0.8.14 ⇒ v0.8.15
[a98d9a8b] ↑ Interpolations v0.12.9 ⇒ v0.12.10
[98e50ef6] ↑ JuliaFormatter v0.3.9 ⇒ v0.5.5
[aa1ae85d] ↑ JuliaInterpreter v0.7.15 ⇒ v0.7.16
[e5e0dc1b] ↑ Juno v0.8.1 ⇒ v0.8.2
[929cbde3] ↑ LLVM v1.4.1 ⇒ v1.5.1
[5078a376] - LazyArrays v0.14.11
[1fad7336] ↑ LazyStack v0.0.5 ⇒ v0.0.7
[429524aa] ↓ Optim v0.20.1 ⇒ v0.18.1
[d96e819e] ↑ Parameters v0.12.0 ⇒ v0.12.1
[ccf2f8ad] ↑ PlotThemes v1.0.3 ⇒ v2.0.0
[995b91a9] ↑ PlotUtils v0.6.5 ⇒ v1.0.4
[91a5bcdd] ↑ Plots v0.29.5 ⇒ v1.3.5
[d330b81b] ↑ PyPlot v2.8.2 ⇒ v2.9.0
[3cdcf5f2] ↑ RecipesBase v0.8.0 ⇒ v1.0.1
[2913bbd2] ↑ StatsBase v0.32.2 ⇒ v0.33.0
[4c63d2b9] ↑ StatsFuns v0.9.4 ⇒ v0.9.5
[02d47bb6] ↑ TensorCast v0.2.1 ⇒ v0.3.0
[6aa20fa7] ↑ TensorOperations v2.1.4 ⇒ v2.2.0
[37b6cedf] - Traceur v0.3.0
[3a884ed6] + UnPack v1.0.1
Building GR ───→ `~/.julia/packages/GR/cRdXQ/deps/build.log`
Building Plots → `~/.julia/packages/Plots/vAz7I/deps/build.log`
```
Especially PyPlot and Plots were updated:
```julia
[91a5bcdd] ↑ Plots v0.29.5 ⇒ v1.3.5
[d330b81b] ↑ PyPlot v2.8.2 ⇒ v2.9.0
```
Any Help is appreciated!
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### Author:  [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331/2 "2020-05-28T11:24:17Z")
I can reproduce this on Julia v1.1, but its not happening on Julia v1.4.2.
The quick fix would be to update Julia.
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### Author:  [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331/3 "2020-05-28T11:37:07Z")
The culprit is, that ` chop("", head =1, tail=0)` errors on julia 1.1
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### Author:  [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331/4 "2020-05-28T12:08:07Z")
It also works on Julia 1.0.5
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### Author:  [@morkip](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/morkip)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-figures-no-longer-possible-after-plots-update/40331/5 "2020-05-28T17:36:54Z")
Thanks! Updated to Julia 1.4.2 from 1.1 and it works!