# Why can't I use LaTeX in makie? \[SOLVED\]

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470
**Category:** Specific Domains
**Tags:** visualization
**Created:** [March 25, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470 "2022-03-25T16:22:46Z")
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### Author: ![Amartins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amartins/32/34908_2.png) [@Amartins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amartins)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/1 "2022-03-25T16:22:46Z")

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I’m trying to understand why my code isn’t working and I can’t use LaTeX in my Makie graph. Can someone help me?

 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/0/e/0e8b6ec81e7ae9fc454ae96a00d89d278adaea95.png)

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### Author: ![ederag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ederag/32/4106_2.png) [@ederag](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ederag)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/2 "2022-03-25T17:15:43Z")

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```julia
using GLMakie, LaTeXStrings
lines(xs, sin.(π.*xs), axis=(title=L"\sin{x}",))

```

works here.  
The culprit was probably the empty denominator in `\frac{\sin{x}}{}`.  
Tested wiith `GLMakie v0.5.5`

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### Author: ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/3 "2022-03-25T17:16:07Z")

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this works fine for me.

```nohighlight
lines(1:10, axis = (; title = L"\frac{\sin{x}}{x}"))

```

with GLMakie v0.5.4

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### Author: ![Amartins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amartins/32/34908_2.png) [@Amartins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amartins)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/4 "2022-03-25T18:04:06Z")

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Thank you guys! Just a question, my Makie is v0.4.5 how to update to 0.5.4 or 0.5.5? I’m using windows

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### Author: ![vettert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vettert/32/30599_2.png) [@vettert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vettert)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/5 "2022-03-25T18:27:15Z")

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Go to package mode with “]” and then do “up”

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### Author: ![Amartins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amartins/32/34908_2.png) [@Amartins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amartins)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-cant-i-use-latex-in-makie-solved/78470/6 "2022-03-25T18:49:08Z")

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Thank you very much guys! I managed to solve the problem, it was actually the version of GLMakie I was using.

 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/0/807ed7866ce323ea6fcef13502ae61e8b2277922.png)