V 0.6.4 -- problem with Plots

General Usage
1

I just installed Julia v. 0.6.4, and get errors with Plots…

julia> using Plots
INFO: Precompiling module Plots.
WARNING: Module Compat with uuid 2991492794994 is missing from the cache.
This may mean module Compat does not support precompilation but is imported by a module that does.
ERROR: LoadError: Declaring __precompile__(false) is not allowed in files that are being precompiled.
Stacktrace:
 [1] _require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:455
 [2] require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:405
 [3] include_from_node1(::String) at .\loading.jl:576
 [4] include(::String) at .\sysimg.jl:14
 [5] anonymous at .\<missing>:2
while loading C:\Users\username\.julia\v0.6\StaticArrays\src\StaticArrays.jl, in expression starting on line 14
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile StaticArrays to C:\Users\username\.julia\lib\v0.6\StaticArrays.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] compilecache(::String) at .\loading.jl:710
 [2] _require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:463
 [3] require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:405
 [4] include_from_node1(::String) at .\loading.jl:576
 [5] include(:slight_smile: :String) at .\sysimg.jl:14
 [6] anonymous at .\<missing>:2
while loading C:\Users\username\.julia\v0.6\Plots\src\Plots.jl, in expression starting on line 7
ERROR: Failed to precompile Plots to C:\Users\username\.julia\lib\v0.6\Plots.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] compilecache(::String) at .\loading.jl:710
 [2] _require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:497
 [3] require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:405

Any ideas of what is wrong?

2

Sometimes a combination of Pkg.update() and restarting your Julia session can fix these errors…

3

I ended up deleating .julia and re-adding packages… that fixed the problem - although it took a couple of hours.

4

I’m surprised that didn’t solve it.
Normally you get that error when you 1. load Compat (through using a package depending on it), 2. update Compat, 3. use another package dependent on Compat. Restarting the Julia session is all it takes in that case.

5

Plots does some interactive loading of packages though which I think does not work well with precompilation.