Plots.jl: Installation of package plots fails

[rolfdstoll]

With Julia Version 1.2.0 the installation of package plots fails.
The error is: Error building FFMPEG
I attached the relevant build.log.
I work with Win10. The error appears equally on different Windows 10 machines.

build.log

[daschw]

Seems like a https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl issue.
cc: @asinghvi17

[rolfdstoll]

Ok, but how to fix it?

[asinghvi17]

@daschw could you translate the error thrown by Download? Something to do with a certificate? Might have to retry the build.

From google translate, it looks like the lock function could not find a certificate. This looks more and more like a curl issue...if you can, try setting ENV["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "" (to use system curl)?

[daschw]

Not really, I was looking for the error code on google, and found e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54938026/curl-unknown-error-0x80092012-the-revocation-function-was-unable-to-check-r

Ah, by translate you really meant translate to English. :grin: I was reading it rather as if I could make sense of it, sorry. But the translation is given in the SO question.

[aerdely]

The same happens to me.

I already tried:

] build FFMPEG and restart Julia and try again

but it didn’t work, not even installing FFMPEG.jl sepparately.

[asinghvi17]

What's the output of ]status FFMPEG?

[aerdely]

@asinghvi17
pkg> status FFMPEG
Status C:\Users\aerde\.juliapro\JuliaPro_v1.2.0-1\environments\v1.2\Project.toml
[c87230d0] FFMPEG v0.2.2

[mkborregaard]

cf https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-installing-plots-jl-a-ffmpeg-issue/28766

[mkborregaard]

@daschw any idea why we get this? Plots should not try to install ffmpeg I believe? (or it should, but it doesn't). Is there some change in the build step that calls on our tests?

[SimonDanisch]

I think after moving FFMPEG to BinaryProvider, we decided it's ok to depend on it...
Can you try: add FFMPEG#sd-download; build FFMPEG

[mkborregaard]

Ah sorry, haven't been following the developments closely enough then.

[rolfdstoll]

I think after moving FFMPEG to BinaryProvider, we decided it's ok to depend on it...
Can you try: add FFMPEG#sd-download; build FFMPEG

Thanks, that helped. I could install plots now

[SimonDanisch]

This fix is on the newest tagged version... If that version doesn't work, there is an additional improvement on FFMPEG#master

[TeeKay18]

I think after moving FFMPEG to BinaryProvider, we decided it's ok to depend on it...
Can you try: add FFMPEG#sd-download; build FFMPEG

I had exactly the same problem as aerdely (screenshot with precompiling Plots), I tried and this happened:

Any idea what should I do here? I'm stuck on it for a few hours at least, I'm new to Julia. Thank you in advance.

[giordano]

The branch sd-download doesn't exist anymore after PR https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl/pull/16 has been merged, use master instead.

[TeeKay18]

Didn't work either.

Edit: Down where it's written "Połączenie podstawowe zostało zakończone: Wystąpił nieoczekiwany błąd przy wysyłaniu", it means sth like "Basic connection was ended: An unexpected error happened during the sending process."

[giordano]

The error you get at the end looks like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49140930/powershell-script-fails-during-remote-execution-but-works-locally

[giordano]

See also this thread on discourse: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-codeczlib/10124

[TeeKay18]

After updating Powershell to version 5.1 from 2.0 (I'm on Windows 7 SP1, 32 bit), I got exactly the same error as user kongdd in this topic: (his log under writing "Thanks in advance!")
https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl/issues/12

What seems to have finally done the job is this:

"using Plots" doesn't make an error anymore.

For now, thanks very much for your help @giordano :) If anything wrong happened later I will ask but at the moment everything's fine.

[giordano]

I don't see any error in this screenshot. Edit: sorry, I misread the post, now I see that it works for you with my fork!

[TeeKay18]

Yes, it definitely works with that fork, you've done a great job. I've also successfully made my first simple plot in Julia and that was my main goal here :)

[aerdely]

@giordano 's fork worked for me, also.

[aminya]

I still have the problem. Adding everything master doesn't work

Edit:
]add https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl#tmp
works!

[VasilijeBursac]

It still doesn't work for me, even after ]add https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl#tmp . Any solutions?

[giordano]

@VasilijeBursac I should have fixed it. Try to update:

]update

[VasilijeBursac]

@giordano Thank you! It still doesn't work. If I have done something wrong, tell me, because I started using Julia yesterday, so I am still getting used to it.

[giordano]

It's all right 🙂 In the package manager mode (the one you enter with ], run the command

build FFMPEG

I'm sorry about this mess, we're in the process of improving user experience about installing binary dependencies like ffmpeg, this should get much smoother in the next few weeks

[VasilijeBursac]

@giordano No problem, I completely understand you.
I'm sorry for bothering you, but I keep getting the error...

[giordano]

Could you please copy here the error message rather than posting screenshots? It makes it easier for use to help you having the plain-text (for example to try and see what's wrong with the download)

[VasilijeBursac]

Sure! Sorry

Error: Error building `FFMPEG`:
┌ Warning: On Windows, creating file symlinks requires Administrator privileges
└ @ Base.Filesystem file.jl:797
[ Info: Downloading https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Bzip2_jll.jl/releases/download/Bzip2-v1.0.6+1/Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz to C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\
usr\downloads\Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz...
ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: Could not download https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Bzip2_jll.jl/releases/download/Bzip2-v1.0.6+1/Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz to C:\
\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\usr\downloads\Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz:
ErrorException("")
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] #download#93(::Bool, ::typeof(BinaryProvider.download), ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\PlatformEngines.jl:502
 [3] #download at .\none:0 [inlined]
 [4] #download_verify#94(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(download_verify), ::String, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\Plat
 [5] #download_verify at .\tuple.jl:0 [inlined]
 [6] #install#133(::Prefix, ::String, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(install), ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\Prefix.jl
 [7] (::getfield(BinaryProvider, Symbol("#kw##install")))(::NamedTuple{(:prefix, :force, :verbose),Tuple{Prefix,Bool,Bool}}, ::typeof(install), ::String, ::String) at .\tuple.jl:
 [8] top-level scope at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build_Bzip2.v1.0.6.jl:44
 [9] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [10] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1094
 [11] include at .\Base.jl:31 [inlined]
 [12] include(::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build.jl:53
 [13] top-level scope at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build.jl:54
 [14] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [15] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1094
 [16] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:31
 [17] include(::String) at .\client.jl:431
 [18] top-level scope at none:5
in expression starting at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build_Bzip2.v1.0.6.jl:42
in expression starting at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build.jl:46
caused by [exception 2]

Stacktrace:
 [1] error() at .\error.jl:42
 [2] #download#93(::Bool, ::typeof(BinaryProvider.download), ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\PlatformEngines.jl:496
 [3] #download at .\none:0 [inlined]
 [4] #download_verify#94(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(download_verify), ::String, ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\Plat
 [5] #download_verify at .\tuple.jl:0 [inlined]
 [6] #install#133(::Prefix, ::String, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(install), ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\Prefix.jl
 [7] (::getfield(BinaryProvider, Symbol("#kw##install")))(::NamedTuple{(:prefix, :force, :verbose),Tuple{Prefix,Bool,Bool}}, ::typeof(install), ::String, ::String) at .\tuple.jl:
 [8] top-level scope at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build_Bzip2.v1.0.6.jl:44
 [9] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [10] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1094
 [11] include at .\Base.jl:31 [inlined]
 [12] include(::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build.jl:53
 [13] top-level scope at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\FFMPEG\MsCzM\deps\build.jl:54
 [14] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [15] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1094
 [16] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:31
 [17] include(::String) at .\client.jl:431
 [18] top-level scope at none:5
caused by [exception 1]
IOError: symlink: operation not permitted (EPERM)
Stacktrace:
 [1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:90 [inlined]
 [2] symlink(::String, ::String) at .\file.jl:800
 [3] probe_symlink_creation(::String) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\PlatformEngines.jl:121
 [4] #probe_platform_engines!#30(::Bool, ::typeof(BinaryProvider.probe_platform_engines!)) at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\PlatformEngines.jl:
 [5] probe_platform_engines! at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\PlatformEngines.jl:169 [inlined]
 [6] __init__() at C:\Users\Hp Workstation\.julia\packages\BinaryProvider\gnxnM\src\BinaryProvider.jl:28
 [7] _include_from_serialized(::String, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\loading.jl:685
 [8] _require_search_from_serialized(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:765
 [9] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:990
 [10] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:911
 [11] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:906
 [12] include at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [13] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1094
 [14] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:31
 [15] include(::String) at .\client.jl:431
 [16] top-level scope at none:5
Exception setting "SecurityProtocol": "Cannot convert null to type "System.Net.SecurityProtocolType" due to invalid enumeration values. Specify one of the following enumeration v

ossible enumeration values are "Ssl3, Tls"."
At line:1 char:35
+ [System.Net.ServicePointManager]:: <<<< SecurityProtocol =
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException

Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send."
At line:5 char:24
+ $webclient.DownloadFile <<<< ("https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Bzip2_jll.jl/releases/download/Bzip2-v1.0.6+1/Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz", "C:\Users\Hp Workst

EG\MsCzM\deps\usr\downloads\Bzip2.v1.0.6.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz")
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

@ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\backwards_compatible_isolation.jl:647

[giordano]

@VasilijeBursac it looks like you have issues similar to those in https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-codeczlib/10124, mentioned also above. Try upgrading powershell, as suggested in the post marked as solution

[VasilijeBursac]

@giordano Thank you very much! I upgraded powershell, and the error is gone! Problem solved!

[giordano]

You're welcome! I'm glad you were able to fix that.

The hope is that in the the future we'll be able to use a reliable pure-julia client for download, to eliminate all differences on different platforms, see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/27043

[VasilijeBursac]

@giordano It's nice to hear that! Keep up the great work!

[aminya]

The hope is that in the the future we'll be able to use a reliable pure-julia client for download, to eliminate all differences on different platforms, see JuliaLang/julia#27043

@VasilijeBursac But that future isn't near future. Base.download isn't used much. The issue is open since 2018. So stick to current solutions (BinaryProvider) instead of waiting for that.

[VasilijeBursac]

@aminya Sure! Thanks for advice!