# Unable to automatically install 'Libtiff' from
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, package
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434 "2024-12-04T04:30:47Z")
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### Author:  [@jay\_Gao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jay_Gao)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434/1 "2024-12-04T04:30:47Z")
when I am trying to install “ContactImplicitMPC” package in Julia 1.6.7 ,I get the error message:
```julia
(examples) pkg> add ContactImplicitMPC
Resolving package versions...
Downloaded artifact: Libtiff
Downloaded artifact: Libtiff
ERROR: Unable to automatically install 'Libtiff' from 'C:\Users\xxx\.julia\packages\Libtiff_jll\5VD1s\Artifacts.toml'
Stacktrace:
[1] error(s::String)
@ Base .\error.jl:33
[2] ensure_artifact_installed(name::String, meta::Dict{String, Any}, artifacts_toml::String; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, verbose::Bool, quiet_download::Bool, io::Base.TTY)
@ Pkg.Artifacts C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:446
[3] ensure_all_artifacts_installed(artifacts_toml::String; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, pkg_uuid::Nothing, include_lazy::Bool,
verbose::Bool, quiet_download::Bool, io::Base.TTY)
@ Pkg.Artifacts C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:511
[4] download_artifacts(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkg_roots::Vector{String}; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, verbose::Bool, io::Base.TTY)
@ Pkg.Operations C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:718
[5] download_artifacts(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, julia_version::VersionNumber, verbose::Bool, io::Base.TTY)
@ Pkg.Operations C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:695
[6] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, new_git::Vector{Base.UUID}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform)
@ Pkg.Operations C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1260
[7] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol, Base.TTY, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.TTY}}})
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:204
[8] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::Base.TTY, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:80
[9] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:78
[10] do_cmd!(command::Pkg.REPLMode.Command, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
@ Pkg.REPLMode C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:408
[11] do_cmd(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, input::String; do_rethrow::Bool)
@ Pkg.REPLMode C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:386
[12] do_cmd
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:377 [inlined]
[13] (::Pkg.REPLMode.var"#24#27"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::IOBuffer, ok::Bool)
@ Pkg.REPLMode C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:550
[14] #invokelatest#2
@ .\essentials.jl:708 [inlined]
[15] invokelatest
@ .\essentials.jl:706 [inlined]
[16] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
@ REPL.LineEdit C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\REPL\src\LineEdit.jl:2441
[17] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
@ REPL C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\REPL\src\REPL.jl:1126
[18] (::REPL.var"#44#49"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
@ REPL .\task.jl:417
```
Could you help me solve this problem? I would be very grateful.
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434/2 "2024-12-04T10:06:25Z")
Any reason for using Julia v1.6 and not any more recent version which should also print more informative messages about why the installation failed?
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### Author:  [@jay\_Gao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jay_Gao)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434/3 "2024-12-05T02:52:26Z")
Thank you very much for your reply. But this package relies on version 1.6.
```julia
[compat]
BenchmarkTools = "1.0"
Colors = "0.12"
CoordinateTransformations = "0.6"
FFMPEG = "0.4"
FileIO = "1.9"
ForwardDiff = "0.10"
GeometryBasics = "0.3"
IfElse = "0.1"
JLD2 = "0.4"
MeshCat = "0.14.1"
MeshCatMechanisms = "0.8"
MeshIO = "0.4"
Meshing = "0.5"
Parameters = "0.12"
Quaternions = "0.4"
RoboDojo = "0.1.3 - 0.1.3"
Rotations = "1.0.2 - 1.0.2"
Scratch = "1.0"
Symbolics = "0.1.29 - 0.1.29"
StaticArrays = "1.2 - 1.2"
julia = "1.6"
```
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434/4 "2024-12-05T06:00:48Z")
That’s not what this compat entry means - the package is compatible with all Julia versions up to (but excluding) 2.0.
See
> **[6. Compatibility · Pkg.jl](https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/compatibility/#Version-specifier-format)**
>
> Documentation for Pkg.jl.
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### Author:  [@jay\_Gao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jay_Gao)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-libtiff-from/123434/5 "2024-12-06T10:57:12Z")
I see. Thank you very much. I’ll try it with the latest version.