# Segmentation fault using Plots in 1.8.4

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 3, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456 "2023-01-03T13:08:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/1 "2023-01-03T13:08:03Z")

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I’m experiencing a segmentation fault when `using Plots` in 1.8.4.

Thing I have done recently:

- upgraded Mint to 21 (fresh install)
- installed (with juliaup) the 1.9.0-beta2 version of julia, and added Plots to it

The problem **does not** occur in Julia 1.9.0-beta2, and from the log message, it seems to be something relate to system libraries, although I could not really see where to further investigate.

The full error is below, for anyone to see. This is trying to use Plots in a fresh Julia section, a new temporary environment:

> **error**
>
> ```julia
> % julia
> _
> _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
> (_) | (_) (_) |
> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
> | | | | | | |/ _` | |
> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.8.4 (2022-12-23)
> _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
> |__/ |
> 
> (@v1.8) pkg> activate --temp
> Activating new project at `/tmp/jl_pQBAt3`
> 
> (jl_pQBAt3) pkg> add Plots
> Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General.toml`
> Resolving package versions...
> Updating `/tmp/jl_pQBAt3/Project.toml`
> [91a5bcdd] + Plots v1.38.0
> Updating `/tmp/jl_pQBAt3/Manifest.toml`
> [d1d4a3ce] + BitFlags v0.1.7
> [d360d2e6] + ChainRulesCore v1.15.6
> [9e997f8a] + ChangesOfVariables v0.1.4
> [944b1d66] + CodecZlib v0.7.0
> [35d6a980] + ColorSchemes v3.20.0
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> [c3611d14] + ColorVectorSpace v0.9.10
> [5ae59095] + Colors v0.12.10
> [34da2185] + Compat v4.5.0
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> Info Packages marked with ⌅ have new versions available but compatibility constraints restrict them from upgrading. To see why use `status --outdated -m`
> 
> julia> using Plots
> 
> signal (6): Aborted
> in expression starting at REPL[3]:1
> pthread_kill at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
> raise at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
> abort at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
> jl_reinit_item at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2834
> jl_finalize_deserializer at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2854 [inlined]
> _jl_restore_incremental at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:3379
> ijl_restore_incremental at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:3436
> _include_from_serialized at ./loading.jl:807
> _require_search_from_serialized at ./loading.jl:1039
> _require at ./loading.jl:1315
> _require_prelocked at ./loading.jl:1200
> macro expansion at ./loading.jl:1180 [inlined]
> macro expansion at ./lock.jl:223 [inlined]
> require at ./loading.jl:1144
> jfptr_require_29799.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> call_require at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:462 [inlined]
> eval_import_path at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:499
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:725
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:850
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:850
> ijl_toplevel_eval_in at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:965
> eval at ./boot.jl:368 [inlined]
> eval_user_input at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:151
> repl_backend_loop at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:247
> start_repl_backend at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:232
> #run_repl#47 at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:369
> run_repl at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:355
> jfptr_run_repl_64164.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> #967 at ./client.jl:419
> jfptr_YY.967_37865.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> jl_f__call_latest at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/builtins.c:774
> #invokelatest#2 at ./essentials.jl:729 [inlined]
> invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:726 [inlined]
> run_main_repl at ./client.jl:404
> exec_options at ./client.jl:318
> _start at ./client.jl:522
> jfptr__start_58474.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> true_main at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/jlapi.c:575
> jl_repl_entrypoint at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/jlapi.c:719
> main at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/cli/loader_exe.c:59
> unknown function (ip: 0x7f395fe3cd8f)
> __libc_start_main at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
> unknown function (ip: 0x401098)
> Allocations: 7329488 (Pool: 7322193; Big: 7295); GC: 11
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
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There is no segmentation fault.

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/3 "2023-01-03T13:12:27Z")

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Uhm, didn’t notice that there I didn’t get it. In fact the first error I got was this one, when I tried to start Plots from the main environment. Then I tried to simplifly things using a temporary one:

> **error**
>
> ```julia
> % julia
> _
> _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
> (_) | (_) (_) |
> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
> | | | | | | |/ _` | |
> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.8.4 (2022-12-23)
> _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
> |__/ |
> 
> julia> using Plots
> 
> signal (11): Segmentation fault
> in expression starting at REPL[1]:1
> jl_ptr_offset at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1159 [inlined]
> jl_deserialize_struct at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2084 [inlined]
> jl_deserialize_value_any at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2186 [inlined]
> jl_deserialize_value at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2319
> jl_deserialize_value_code_instance at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:1982 [inlined]
> jl_deserialize_value at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2265
> jl_deserialize_value_array at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:1777
> jl_deserialize_value at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:2230
> _jl_restore_incremental at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:3364
> ijl_restore_incremental at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/dump.c:3436
> _include_from_serialized at ./loading.jl:807
> _require_search_from_serialized at ./loading.jl:1039
> _require at ./loading.jl:1315
> _require_prelocked at ./loading.jl:1200
> macro expansion at ./loading.jl:1180 [inlined]
> macro expansion at ./lock.jl:223 [inlined]
> require at ./loading.jl:1144
> jfptr_require_29799.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> call_require at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:462 [inlined]
> eval_import_path at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:499
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:725
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:850
> jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:850
> ijl_toplevel_eval_in at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/toplevel.c:965
> eval at ./boot.jl:368 [inlined]
> eval_user_input at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:151
> repl_backend_loop at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:247
> start_repl_backend at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:232
> #run_repl#47 at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:369
> run_repl at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:355
> jfptr_run_repl_64164.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> #967 at ./client.jl:419
> jfptr_YY.967_37865.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> jl_f__call_latest at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/builtins.c:774
> #invokelatest#2 at ./essentials.jl:729 [inlined]
> invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:726 [inlined]
> run_main_repl at ./client.jl:404
> exec_options at ./client.jl:318
> _start at ./client.jl:522
> jfptr__start_58474.clone_1 at /home/leandro/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)
> _jl_invoke at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2377 [inlined]
> ijl_apply_generic at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/gf.c:2559
> jl_apply at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/julia.h:1843 [inlined]
> true_main at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/jlapi.c:575
> jl_repl_entrypoint at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/src/jlapi.c:719
> main at /cache/build/default-aws-shared0-3/julialang/julia-release-1-dot-8/cli/loader_exe.c:59
> unknown function (ip: 0x7f9d5948fd8f)
> __libc_start_main at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
> unknown function (ip: 0x401098)
> Allocations: 4580288 (Pool: 4576547; Big: 3741); GC: 5
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/4 "2023-01-03T13:13:04Z")

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Additional information: I installed 1.8.3 and the error **does not occur**.

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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/5 "2023-01-03T13:16:16Z")

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It may be some broken installation of Plots for 1.8.4, but I tried to remove it with no avail.

Is there a way to purge everything related to package, so I can start over?

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/6 "2023-01-03T13:19:04Z")

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Main things you can try deleting are the `Plots` directories in `.julia/packages` and `.julia/compiled/compiled/v1.8`, those are safe to delete because are downloaded or automatically generated locally, respectively.

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-plots-in-1-8-4/92456/7 "2023-01-03T13:21:31Z")

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Thanks, that did the trick.