Plots+GR failed

[dlfivefifty]

I tried PackageCompiler.jl for the first time with

julia> compile_package("Plots", "GR")

but it gave the error:

…
Sysimage built. Summary:
Total ───────  78.516700 seconds 
Base: ───────  27.009789 seconds 34.4001%
Stdlibs: ────  51.504337 seconds 65.5967%
Build shared library "/Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.dylib":
  `cc -shared '-DJULIAC_PROGRAM_LIBNAME="/Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.dylib"' -o /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.dylib -Wl,-all_load /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.o -std=gnu99 -I/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/include/julia -DJULIA_ENABLE_THREADING=1 -fPIC -L/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/lib/julia -ljulia -m64 -Wl,-install_name,@rpath//Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.dylib`
Julia program file:
  "/Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/precompile.jl"
Build directory:
  "/Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg"

signal (11): Segmentation fault: 11
in expression starting at /Users/solver/.julia/config/startup.jl:1
uv_write2 at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/deps/srccache/libuv-2348256acf5759a544e5ca7935f638d2bc091d60/src/unix/stream.c:1434
jl_uv_write at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/jl_uv.c:442
uv_write_async at ./stream.jl:877
uv_write at ./stream.jl:845
unsafe_write at ./stream.jl:901
macro expansion at ./gcutils.jl:87 [inlined]
write at ./strings/io.jl:165 [inlined]
print at ./strings/io.jl:167 [inlined]
print at ./strings/io.jl:42
println at ./strings/io.jl:69
jl_fptr_trampoline at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/gf.c:1864
println at ./coreio.jl:4
jl_fptr_trampoline at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/gf.c:1864
do_call at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/interpreter.c:323
eval_stmt_value at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/interpreter.c:362 [inlined]
eval_body at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/interpreter.c:759
jl_interpret_toplevel_thunk_callback at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/interpreter.c:885
unknown function (ip: 0xfffffffffffffffe)
unknown function (ip: 0x111a785af)
unknown function (ip: 0x6)
jl_interpret_toplevel_thunk at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/interpreter.c:894
jl_toplevel_eval_flex at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/toplevel.c:764
jl_parse_eval_all at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/ast.c:883
jl_load at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/toplevel.c:826 [inlined]
jl_load_ at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/toplevel.c:833
include at ./boot.jl:326 [inlined]
include_relative at ./loading.jl:1038
include at ./sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
include_ifexists at ./client.jl:191 [inlined]
load_julia_startup at ./client.jl:299
exec_options at ./client.jl:238
_start at ./client.jl:436
jl_fptr_trampoline at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/src/gf.c:1864
true_main at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/bin/julia (unknown line)
main at /Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/bin/julia (unknown line)
Allocations: 1082997 (Pool: 1082446; Big: 551); GC: 1
ERROR: failed process: Process(`/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/bin/julia --sysimage=/Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/backup/native/sys.dylib --output-o=sys.a --track-allocation=none --code-coverage=none --history-file=yes --inline=yes --math-mode=ieee --compile=yes --track-allocation=none --sysimage-native-code=yes --sysimage=/Users/solver/Projects/julia-1.1/usr/lib/julia/sys.dylib --compiled-modules=yes --optimize=2 /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/run_julia_code.jl`, ProcessSignaled(11)) [0]
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String, ::Base.Process, ::String, ::Int64, ::String) at ./error.jl:42
 [2] pipeline_error at ./process.jl:785 [inlined]
 [3] #run#515(::Bool, ::Function, ::Cmd) at ./process.jl:726
 [4] run at ./process.jl:724 [inlined]
 [5] #run_julia#1 at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/compiler_flags.jl:225 [inlined]
 [6] #run_julia at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [7] (::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("##13#14")){Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}},String})() at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:262
 [8] cd(::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("##13#14")){Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}},String}, ::String) at ./file.jl:96
 [9] #build_object#12(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::String, ::String, ::Bool) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:261
 [10] #build_object at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [11] build_object(::String, ::String, ::String, ::Bool, ::String, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:240
 [12] #static_julia#5(::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::String, ::String, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::String, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::typeof(static_julia), ::String) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:161
 [13] #static_julia at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [14] #build_sysimg#29(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::typeof(PackageCompiler.build_sysimg), ::String, ::String) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/api.jl:25
 [15] #build_sysimg at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [16] #compile_package#67(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Function, ::Tuple{String,String}, ::Vararg{Tuple{String,String},N} where N) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/PackageCompiler.jl:130
 [17] compile_package(::Tuple{String,String}, ::Vararg{Tuple{String,String},N} where N) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/PackageCompiler.jl:116
 [18] #compile_package#64(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::Vararg{String,N} where N) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/PackageCompiler.jl:94
 [19] compile_package(::String, ::Vararg{String,N} where N) at /Users/solver/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/PackageCompiler.jl:88
 [20] top-level scope at none:0

julia> 

Here's my versioninfo:

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.1.0
Commit 80516ca202 (2019-01-21 21:24 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)

[terasakisatoshi]

Maybe your Mac does not know where libGR.dylib lives. By adding the path joinpath(dirname(dirname(pathof(GR))),"deps","gr","lib") may solve the problem for build_executable includeing Plots.jl or GR.jl.

see my gist for more information

[dlfivefifty]

Success! And it's really quick too.

Should this be added to the documentation? I can make a PR.

[dlfivefifty]

Oh no, I spoke too soon: everything loads but the GKSTerm window is empty 😰

[terasakisatoshi]

I'm very glad to hear it works.

Should this be added to the documentation? I can make a PR.

Yes you can make a PR. I think this workaround is not documented other than my gist.

[terasakisatoshi]

@dlfivefifty

everything loads but the GKSTerm window is empty

I tried to visualize result using Plots.display(p). Compilation works, but execution fails (got segmentation fault).

Could you try this hello.jl ? Running external command display helps us.

#hello.jl
module Hello

using Plots

function main()
    xs = -π:0.01:π
    p=plot(xs, sin.(xs));
    fname="sin_curve.png"
    savefig(p, fname)
    # use external command `display` provided by imagemagick
    run(`display $fname`)
end

Base.@ccallable function julia_main(ARGS::Vector{String})::Cint
    main()
    return 0
end

end

[dlfivefifty]

I'm not sure what I did but it somehow fixed itself...

[utotch]

I have the totally same problem on both Mac and Linux.

I tried to modify LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I failed to compile.
The solution didn't work for my case.

l tried two environments, below.

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.1.0
Commit 80516ca202 (2019-01-21 21:24 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5287U CPU @ 2.90GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, broadwell)
Environment:
  JULIA_DIR = /Applications/Julia-1.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia
  JULIA_HOME = /Applications/Julia-1.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin
  JULIA_EDITOR = atom  -a
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 2

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.1.0
Commit 80516ca202 (2019-01-21 21:24 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
  JULIA_DEPOT_PATH = /opt/share/julia

[terasakisatoshi]

@utotch

Apparently buid_executable works fine by adding LD_LIBARAY_PATH.
On the other hand, compile_package("Plots", "GR") does not work properly.

• The error message I've seen says we should install VisualRegressionTests, StatsPlots.
• After installation of these packages, another message ErrorException("Task cannot be serialized") shows as discussed at Serialization errors #184 .
• So, I've installed PackageCompiler using dev (instead of add). It solves our problem

julia> ] # go to Pkg mode
(v1.1) pkg> dev PackageCompiler
# go back REPL mode
julia > compile_package("Plots", "GR")
....
All done