# Unable to install InteractiveDynamics package

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, package, plotting\
**Created:** [March 21, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661 "2021-03-21T16:10:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ola\_Megahed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ola_megahed/32/20860_2.png) [@Ola\_Megahed](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ola_Megahed)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/1 "2021-03-21T16:10:42Z")

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I am trying to use the “InteractiveDynamics” package for Visualizing Agents model in Julia 1.5.3. using this code:

using Agents  
using Random  
using AbstractPlotting

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-21 at 5.07.41 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/f/af7fee0384173374aae2692509d37f48aa6dc7e8.png)  
using GLMakie  
using CairoMakie  
using MakieGallery  
using Pkg; Pkg.add(“InteractiveDynamics”)

but I get this error. I downloaded all packages needed, does it need me to upgrade my julia version?

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**Author:** ![FPGro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fpgro/32/20822_2.png) [@FPGro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FPGro)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/2 "2021-03-21T16:28:43Z")

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The log tells you that MakieGallery requires an outdated version of AbstractPlotting while InteractiveDynamics needs a newer version.

If you visit the GitHub page of MakieGallery.jl, you see the following text:

> MakieGallery is deprecated. Testing got moved to AbstractPlotting, and the Makie documentation contains now important examples.

So I guess you should drop MakieGallery and find out where the functions you require moved to.

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**Author:** ![Ola\_Megahed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ola_megahed/32/20860_2.png) [@Ola\_Megahed](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ola_Megahed)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/3 "2021-03-21T16:46:17Z")

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> [@Ola\_Megahed](#):
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> InteractiveDynamics”

Hi, Thank you so much! the package I am after is "InteractiveDynamics”. that is why I downloaded the other packages like MakieGallery in the first place. When I use  
Pkg.status(“InteractiveDynamics”) which is what the agent documentation mentions here: [https://juliadynamics.github.io/Agents.jl/stable/interact/](https://juliadynamics.github.io/Agents.jl/stable/interact/)

I get this error

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-21 at 5.45.32 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/8/e894ff4542fb0b1e5c8d4f08f7bbaacf3e9309db.png)

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**Author:** ![FPGro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fpgro/32/20822_2.png) [@FPGro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FPGro)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/4 "2021-03-21T17:04:09Z")

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> [@Ola\_Megahed](#):
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> Pkg.status(“InteractiveDynamics”)

This works only after a successful `Pkg.add("InteractiveDynamics")`

If you don’t have an immediate use for MakieGallery, you should `Pkg.rm("MakieGallery")` and then try `Pkg.add("InteractiveDynamics")` again. Good luck

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/5 "2021-03-21T17:42:17Z")

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MakieGallery serves no purpose for end users, it was used for internal tests and the gallery of course, but now a lot of it is outdated

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**Author:** ![lonnic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@lonnic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lonnic)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-interactivedynamics-package/57661/6 "2021-03-21T20:36:54Z")

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with Julia 1.5.4. ( Linux )  
I used:

Pkg.add(name=“AbstractPlotting”, version=“0.15.27”);  
Pkg.pin(name=“AbstractPlotting”, version=“0.15.27”)