# Unable to display plot using the REPL. GKS errors

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-display-plot-using-the-repl-gks-errors/12826>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-display-plot-using-the-repl-gks-errors/12826 "2018-08-02T15:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jheinen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jheinen/32/2787_2.png) [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-display-plot-using-the-repl-gks-errors/12826/2 "2018-08-02T15:30:38Z")

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It seems that the `Qt5` run-time is missing on your laptop.

```bash
sudo apt-get install qt5-default

```

should fix the problem.

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