Plots.jl: `using Plots` fails on julia 0.7

[pbouffard]

The first error message is:

ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: UndefVarError: Date not defined

Full session:

$ exec '/Applications/Julia-0.7.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia'
               _
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  (_)     | (_) (_)    |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 0.7.0-alpha.0 (2018-05-31 00:07 UTC)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official http://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |  x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0

(v0.7) pkg> add Plots#julia0.7
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl.git`
┌ Warning: packages will require to have a [Julia]Project.toml file in the future
└ @ Pkg.Types Types.jl:817
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/Uncurated`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git`
 Resolving package versions...
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Project.toml`
  [91a5bcdd] ~ Plots v0.17.2+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl.git] ⇒ v0.17.2+ #julia0.7 [https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl.git]
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Manifest.toml`
  [91a5bcdd] ~ Plots v0.17.2+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl.git] ⇒ v0.17.2+ #julia0.7 [https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl.git]

julia> using Plots
[ Info: Precompiling module Plots
┌ Warning: `replace(s::AbstractString, pat, f)` is deprecated, use `replace(s, pat => f)` instead.
│   caller = _parse_colorant(::String) at parse.jl:51
└ @ Colors parse.jl:51
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax get_color_palette{C <: Colorant}(palette::Vector{C}, bgcolor::Colorant, numcolors::Integer)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_utils.jl:73.
│ Use `get_color_palette(palette::Vector{C}, bgcolor::Colorant, numcolors::Integer) where C <: Colorant` instead.
└ @ nothing color_utils.jl:73
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.@sprintf into PlotUtils.
WARNING: Base.@sprintf is deprecated: it has been moved to the standard library package `Printf`.
Add `using Printf` to your imports.
  likely near /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_utils.jl:151
WARNING: Base.@sprintf is deprecated: it has been moved to the standard library package `Printf`.
Add `using Printf` to your imports.
  likely near /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_utils.jl:155
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `type` at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_gradients.jl:2.
│ Use `mutable struct` instead.
└ @ nothing color_gradients.jl:2
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `immutable` at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_gradients.jl:106.
│ Use `struct` instead.
└ @ nothing color_gradients.jl:106
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax register_gradient_colors{C <: Colorant}(name::Symbol, colors::AbstractVector{C}, color_library::Symbol = :default)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_gradients.jl:47.
│ Use `register_gradient_colors(name::Symbol, colors::AbstractVector{C}, color_library::Symbol = :default) where C <: Colorant` instead.
└ @ nothing color_gradients.jl:47
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.Void into PlotUtils.
WARNING: Base.Void is deprecated, use Nothing instead.
  likely near /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/color_gradients.jl:176
┌ Warning: `linspace(start, stop, length::Integer)` is deprecated, use `range(start, stop=stop, length=length)` instead.
│   caller = sample_evenly(::Array{ColorTypes.RGB{Float64},1}, ::Int64) at color_gradients.jl:241
└ @ PlotUtils color_gradients.jl:241
WARNING: Base.Void is deprecated, use Nothing instead.
  likely near /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/colors.jl:8
WARNING: Base.Void is deprecated, use Nothing instead.
  likely near /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/colors.jl:15
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax plot_color{T <: Number}(zs::AbstractArray{T})` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/colors.jl:50.
│ Use `plot_color(zs::AbstractArray{T}) where T <: Number` instead.
└ @ nothing colors.jl:50
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax plot_color{T <: Number}(zs::AbstractArray{T}, α::Number)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/colors.jl:64.
│ Use `plot_color(zs::AbstractArray{T}, α::Number) where T <: Number` instead.
└ @ nothing colors.jl:64
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax bounding_order_of_magnitude{DT}(xspan::DT)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/ticks.jl:8.
│ Use `bounding_order_of_magnitude(xspan::DT) where DT` instead.
└ @ nothing ticks.jl:8
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax optimize_ticks{T}(x_min::T, x_max::T; extend_ticks::Bool = false, Q = [(1.0, 1.0), (5.0, 0.9), (2.0, 0.7), (2.5, 0.5), (3.0, 0.2)], k_min::Int = 2, k_max::Int = 10, k_ideal::Int = 5, granularity_weight::Float64 = (1 / 4), simplicity_weight::Float64 = (1 / 6), coverage_weight::Float64 = (1 / 3), niceness_weight::Float64 = (1 / 4), strict_span = true, span_buffer = nothing)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/ticks.jl:63.
│ Use `optimize_ticks(x_min::T, x_max::T; extend_ticks::Bool = false, Q = [(1.0, 1.0), (5.0, 0.9), (2.0, 0.7), (2.5, 0.5), (3.0, 0.2)], k_min::Int = 2, k_max::Int = 10, k_ideal::Int = 5, granularity_weight::Float64 = (1 / 4), simplicity_weight::Float64 = (1 / 6), coverage_weight::Float64 = (1 / 3), niceness_weight::Float64 = (1 / 4), strict_span = true, span_buffer = nothing) where T` instead.
└ @ nothing ticks.jl:63
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `parametric method syntax optimize_ticks_typed{T}(x_min::T, x_max::T, extend_ticks, Q::Vector{Tuple{Float64, Float64}}, k_min, k_max, k_ideal, granularity_weight::Float64, simplicity_weight::Float64, coverage_weight::Float64, niceness_weight::Float64, strict_span, span_buffer)` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/ticks.jl:75.
│ Use `optimize_ticks_typed(x_min::T, x_max::T, extend_ticks, Q::Vector{Tuple{Float64, Float64}}, k_min, k_max, k_ideal, granularity_weight::Float64, simplicity_weight::Float64, coverage_weight::Float64, niceness_weight::Float64, strict_span, span_buffer) where T` instead.
└ @ nothing ticks.jl:75
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax ``const` declaration on local variable` around /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/ticks.jl:81.
└ @ nothing ticks.jl:81
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: UndefVarError: Date not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope
 [2] include at ./boot.jl:314 [inlined]
 [3] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1071
 [4] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
 [5] include(::String) at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/PlotUtils.jl:4
 [6] top-level scope
 [7] include at ./boot.jl:314 [inlined]
 [8] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1071
 [9] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
 [10] top-level scope
 [11] eval at ./boot.jl:316 [inlined]
 [12] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:394
 [13] macro expansion at ./none:3 [inlined]
 [14] top-level scope at ./<missing>:0
in expression starting at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/ticks.jl:190
in expression starting at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/PlotUtils/YjED/src/PlotUtils.jl:35
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile PlotUtils to /Users/pat/.julia/compiled/v0.7/PlotUtils/YveH.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error at ./error.jl:33 [inlined]
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1207
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:978
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:878
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:873
 [6] include at ./boot.jl:314 [inlined]
 [7] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1071
 [8] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
 [9] top-level scope
 [10] eval at ./boot.jl:316 [inlined]
 [11] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:394
 [12] macro expansion at ./none:3 [inlined]
 [13] top-level scope at ./<missing>:0
in expression starting at /Users/pat/.julia/packages/Plots/W7G3/src/Plots.jl:13
ERROR: Failed to precompile Plots to /Users/pat/.julia/compiled/v0.7/Plots/ld3v.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error at ./error.jl:33 [inlined]
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1207
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1007
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:878
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:873

julia> 

[juliohm]

Plots.jl is a dependency for visual regression tests in many packages. It would be nice to have a working version of the framework now that Julia 0.7 beta is out. Femtocleaner is working again, have you tried running it in the Plots.jl packages yet?

[RalphAS]

See #1579

[lucagessi]

Julia is too fragmented. A lot of packages doesn't work anymore. Very sad

[daschw]

it should work on the master branch (]dev Plots)

[sandeep-sandhu]

Precompiling Plots.jl fails with this message:

ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: TypeError: in SeriesAnnotations, in type definition
, expected Type, got typeof(Base.Nullable)
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at none:0
 [2] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [3] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [4] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [5] include(::String) at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQ\src\Plot
s.jl:3
 [6] top-level scope at none:0
 [7] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [8] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [9] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [10] top-level scope at none:2
 [11] eval at .\boot.jl:319 [inlined]
 [12] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:399
 [13] top-level scope at .\none:3
in expression starting at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQ\src\comp
onents.jl:438
in expression starting at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQ\src\Plot
s.jl:157
ERROR: Failed to precompile Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] to C:\U
sers\myhome\.julia\compiled\v0.7\Plots\ld3vC.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:313 [inlined]
 [3] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1185
 [4] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:311 [inlined]
 [5] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:941
 [6] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:852
 [7] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:311 [inlined]
 [8] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:834

The corresponding source code in components.jl is:

mutable struct SeriesAnnotations
    strs::AbstractVector  # the labels/names
    font::Font
    baseshape::Nullable
    scalefactor::Tuple
end

[crstnbr]

I get the same error

[mkborregaard]

on master?

[crstnbr]

I wasn't on master, sorry for the confusion. Everything works there.

[mkborregaard]

https://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl/pull/16449

[sandeep-sandhu]

I removed my old installation, freshly installed Julia 0.7 release, removed everything under /.julia, then re-installed Plots. It again failed on precompiling.

Am I missing some cleanup step? Why is this not pulling from the Master when I'm installing it afresh?

Here is the output:

julia> using Plots
[ Info: Precompiling Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.Display into Plots.
WARNING: Base.Display is deprecated, use AbstractDisplay instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\types.jl:9
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `try without catch or finally` at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:310.
└ @ C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:310
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.Void into Plots.
WARNING: Base.Void is deprecated, use Nothing instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:262
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.e into Plots.
WARNING: Base.e is deprecated, use e (\euler) or `Base.MathConstants.e`
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:355
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.Range into Plots.
WARNING: Base.Range is deprecated, use AbstractRange instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:453
WARNING: Base.Range is deprecated, use AbstractRange instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:454
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.@printf into Plots.
WARNING: Base.@printf is deprecated: it has been moved to the standard library p
ackage `Printf`.
Add `using Printf` to your imports.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:823
WARNING: Base.Range is deprecated, use AbstractRange instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:849
WARNING: Base.Range is deprecated, use AbstractRange instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:850
WARNING: Base.Void is deprecated, use Nothing instead.
  likely near C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\utils.jl:859
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `try without catch or finally` at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:72.
└ @ C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:72
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `try without catch or finally` at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:391.
└ @ C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:391
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `try without catch or finally` at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:423.
└ @ C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:423
┌ Warning: Deprecated syntax `"begin" inside indexing expression` at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:491.
└ @ C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:491
┌ Warning: `linspace(start, stop, length::Integer)` is deprecated, use `range(st
art, stop=stop, length=length)` instead.
│   caller = partialcircle(::Float64, ::Float64, ::Int64, ::Float64) at componen
ts.jl:61
└ @ Plots C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:61
┌ Warning: `shift!` is deprecated, use `popfirst!` instead.
│   caller = #weave#85(::Array{Array{T,1} where T,1}, ::Function, ::Array{Tuple{
Float64,Float64},1}, ::Array{Tuple{Float64,Float64},1}) at components.jl:71
└ @ Plots C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\components.jl:71
WARNING: importing deprecated binding Base.Nullable into Plots.
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: TypeError: in SeriesAnnotations, in type definition
, expected Type, got typeof(Base.Nullable)
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at none:0
 [2] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [3] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [4] include at .\sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [5] include(::String) at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\Plo
ts.jl:3
 [6] top-level scope at none:0
 [7] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [8] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
 [9] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
 [10] top-level scope at none:2
 [11] eval at .\boot.jl:319 [inlined]
 [12] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:399
 [13] top-level scope at .\none:3
in expression starting at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\com
ponents.jl:438
in expression starting at C:\Users\myhome\.julia\packages\Plots\V3tQq\src\Plo
ts.jl:157
ERROR: Failed to precompile Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80] to C:\U
sers\myhome\.julia\compiled\v0.7\Plots\ld3vC.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:313 [inlined]
 [3] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1185
 [4] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\logging.jl:311
 [5] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:852
 [6] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:311 [inlined]
 [7] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:834

[mkborregaard]

Well the working version isn't out yet, that requires someone to merge the PR on Metadata. Until then, ]add Plots#master willl do it for you.

[m4r35n357]

```julia

using LinearAlgebra, SpecialFunctions, Plots, ApproxFun
[ Info: Precompiling Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]
ERROR: InitError: LoadError: MethodError: no method matching show(::Base.TTY, ::MIME{Symbol("text/html")}, ::String)
Closest candidates are:
show(::IO, ::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, ::Any) at sysimg.jl:195
show(::IO, ::MIME{Symbol("text/html")}, ::Method; kwtype) at methodshow.jl:241
show(::IO, ::MIME{Symbol("text/html")}, ::Base.MethodList) at methodshow.jl:290
...
Stacktrace:
[1] display(::TextDisplay, ::MIME{Symbol("text/html")}, ::String) at ./multimedia.jl:211
[2] display(::MIME{Symbol("text/html")}, ::String) at ./multimedia.jl:301
[3] display(::String, ::String) at ./multimedia.jl:179
[4] top-level scope at /home/ian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/backends/plotly.jl:95
[5] include at ./boot.jl:317 [inlined]
[6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1038
[7] include at ./sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
[8] include at /home/ian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/Plots.jl:1 [inlined]
[9] __init__() at /home/ian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/init.jl:2
[10] _include_from_serialized(::String, ::Array{Any,1}) at ./loading.jl:627
[11] _require_from_serialized(::String) at ./loading.jl:678
[12] macro expansion at ./logging.jl:317 [inlined]
[13] _require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:941
[14] require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:852
[15] macro expansion at ./logging.jl:311 [inlined]
[16] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:834
in expression starting at /home/ian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/backends/plotly.jl:94
during initialization of module Plots

[mkborregaard]

@m4r35n357 this issue is closed and the working version is out. If you have consistent issues, could you try just using Plots and then make a new issue with the error, as well as your version of Plots and versioninfo()?

[m4r35n357]

I'm not yet a "proper" Julia user, so I don't know how to use Plots - I was just cutting and pasting examples from module docs, but have never managed to plot anything over the last 4 months because of bad builds and dependencies. In other words, I can't help here . . . :(

[daschw]

@m4r35n357 I think what @mkborregaard meant is if you coul run

julia> using Plots

in Julia and post the error you get from just this call. Also you could post the output of

julia> versioninfo()

and

julia> using Pkg

julia> Pkg.status()

[m4r35n357]

Just retried it after blowing away ~/.julia (again). Plots seems to build on its own. I guess the problem is caused by building along with other stuff, but then that is what most of the module docs say to do . . .

Anyway, looks like this is no longer an issue so I'll get off your cases ;) I'll maybe be able to get further now (want to try DifferentialEquations.jl examples). Cheers.

[UPDATE] just managed to get an example running and plotting for the first time!

[mkborregaard]

Oh, I've never had to delete ~/.julia. But it often helps just to build again. It should only be a one-off thing (-:
Do report if you run into trouble, Plots should "Just Work" for everyone (with occasional minor glitches)