Issue when "using PyPlot" is called before "using Plots #5207
Description
Details
Backends
This bug occurs on ( insert x below )
| Backend | yes | no | untested |
|---|---|---|---|
| gr (default) | x | ||
| unicodeplots | x | ||
| pythonplot | x | ||
| pgfplotsx | x | ||
| plotlyjs | x | ||
| plotly | x | ||
| gaston | x |
Versions
Plots.jl version: v1.41.3
Backend version (]st -m <backend(s)>):
[28b8d3ca] GR v0.73.19
[8314cec4] PGFPlotsX v1.6.2
[b8865327] UnicodePlots v3.8.1
Output of versioninfo():
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.11.6
Commit 9615af0f269 (2025-07-09 12:58 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
CPU: 8 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
WORD_SIZE: 64
LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, znver1)
Threads: 1 default, 0 interactive, 1 GC (on 8 virtual cores)
Hi all. I been using so far PyPlot, however for some issue on a server that I can easily solve, I thought of moving to Plots.jl. However, I started having error thrown when I execute using Plots after some other packages. After some debugging, I realized that the issue seems to be with PyPlot and packages that have it as dipendency, only if it explicity used by them. As a test, I also tried to remove the using PyPlot line from a package without removing it from its Project.toml and the error disappeared.
Here is how I can reproduce the errors.
(@v1.11) pkg> activate --temp
Activating new project at `/tmp/jl_GMQOqK`
(jl_GMQOqK) pkg> add Plots, PyPlot;
Resolving package versions...
Updating `/tmp/jl_GMQOqK/Project.toml`
[91a5bcdd] + Plots v1.41.3
[d330b81b] + PyPlot v2.11.6
Updating `/tmp/jl_GMQOqK/Manifest.toml`
[66dad0bd] + AliasTables v1.1.3
[d1d4a3ce] + BitFlags v0.1.9
[944b1d66] + CodecZlib v0.7.8
[35d6a980] + ColorSchemes v3.31.0
[3da002f7] + ColorTypes v0.12.1
[c3611d14] + ColorVectorSpace v0.11.0
[5ae59095] + Colors v0.13.1
[f0e56b4a] + ConcurrentUtilities v2.5.0
[8f4d0f93] + Conda v1.10.3
[d38c429a] + Contour v0.6.3
[9a962f9c] + DataAPI v1.16.0
[864edb3b] + DataStructures v0.19.3
[8bb1440f] + DelimitedFiles v1.9.1
[ffbed154] + DocStringExtensions v0.9.5
[460bff9d] + ExceptionUnwrapping v0.1.11
[c87230d0] + FFMPEG v0.4.5
[53c48c17] + FixedPointNumbers v0.8.5
[1fa38f19] + Format v1.3.7
[28b8d3ca] + GR v0.73.19
[42e2da0e] + Grisu v1.0.2
[cd3eb016] + HTTP v1.10.19
[92d709cd] + IrrationalConstants v0.2.6
[1019f520] + JLFzf v0.1.11
[692b3bcd] + JLLWrappers v1.7.1
[682c06a0] + JSON v1.3.0
[b964fa9f] + LaTeXStrings v1.4.0
[23fbe1c1] + Latexify v0.16.10
[2ab3a3ac] + LogExpFunctions v0.3.29
[e6f89c97] + LoggingExtras v1.2.0
[1914dd2f] + MacroTools v0.5.16
[739be429] + MbedTLS v1.1.9
[442fdcdd] + Measures v0.3.3
[e1d29d7a] + Missings v1.2.0
[77ba4419] + NaNMath v1.1.3
[4d8831e6] + OpenSSL v1.6.1
[bac558e1] + OrderedCollections v1.8.1
[69de0a69] + Parsers v2.8.3
[ccf2f8ad] + PlotThemes v3.3.0
[995b91a9] + PlotUtils v1.4.4
[91a5bcdd] + Plots v1.41.3
⌅ [aea7be01] + PrecompileTools v1.2.1
[21216c6a] + Preferences v1.5.1
[43287f4e] + PtrArrays v1.3.0
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[d330b81b] + PyPlot v2.11.6
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[01d81517] + RecipesPipeline v0.6.12
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[05181044] + RelocatableFolders v1.0.1
[ae029012] + Requires v1.3.1
[6c6a2e73] + Scratch v1.3.0
[992d4aef] + Showoff v1.0.3
[777ac1f9] + SimpleBufferStream v1.2.0
[a2af1166] + SortingAlgorithms v1.2.2
[860ef19b] + StableRNGs v1.0.4
[10745b16] + Statistics v1.11.1
[82ae8749] + StatsAPI v1.8.0
[2913bbd2] + StatsBase v0.34.9
[ec057cc2] + StructUtils v2.6.0
[62fd8b95] + TensorCore v0.1.1
[3bb67fe8] + TranscodingStreams v0.11.3
[5c2747f8] + URIs v1.6.1
[1cfade01] + UnicodeFun v0.4.1
[41fe7b60] + Unzip v0.2.0
[81def892] + VersionParsing v1.3.0
[6e34b625] + Bzip2_jll v1.0.9+0
[83423d85] + Cairo_jll v1.18.5+0
[ee1fde0b] + Dbus_jll v1.16.2+0
[2702e6a9] + EpollShim_jll v0.0.20230411+1
[2e619515] + Expat_jll v2.7.3+0
[b22a6f82] + FFMPEG_jll v8.0.0+0
[a3f928ae] + Fontconfig_jll v2.17.1+0
[d7e528f0] + FreeType2_jll v2.13.4+0
[559328eb] + FriBidi_jll v1.0.17+0
[0656b61e] + GLFW_jll v3.4.1+0
[d2c73de3] + GR_jll v0.73.19+1
[b0724c58] + GettextRuntime_jll v0.22.4+0
[61579ee1] + Ghostscript_jll v9.55.1+0
[7746bdde] + Glib_jll v2.86.2+0
[3b182d85] + Graphite2_jll v1.3.15+0
[2e76f6c2] + HarfBuzz_jll v8.5.1+0
[aacddb02] + JpegTurbo_jll v3.1.4+0
[c1c5ebd0] + LAME_jll v3.100.3+0
[88015f11] + LERC_jll v4.0.1+0
[1d63c593] + LLVMOpenMP_jll v18.1.8+0
[dd4b983a] + LZO_jll v2.10.3+0
⌅ [e9f186c6] + Libffi_jll v3.4.7+0
[7e76a0d4] + Libglvnd_jll v1.7.1+1
[94ce4f54] + Libiconv_jll v1.18.0+0
[4b2f31a3] + Libmount_jll v2.41.2+0
[89763e89] + Libtiff_jll v4.7.2+0
[38a345b3] + Libuuid_jll v2.41.2+0
[e7412a2a] + Ogg_jll v1.3.6+0
[458c3c95] + OpenSSL_jll v3.5.4+0
[91d4177d] + Opus_jll v1.5.2+0
[36c8627f] + Pango_jll v1.57.0+0
⌅ [30392449] + Pixman_jll v0.44.2+0
[c0090381] + Qt6Base_jll v6.8.2+2
[629bc702] + Qt6Declarative_jll v6.8.2+1
[ce943373] + Qt6ShaderTools_jll v6.8.2+1
[e99dba38] + Qt6Wayland_jll v6.8.2+2
[a44049a8] + Vulkan_Loader_jll v1.3.243+0
[a2964d1f] + Wayland_jll v1.24.0+0
[ffd25f8a] + XZ_jll v5.8.1+0
[f67eecfb] + Xorg_libICE_jll v1.1.2+0
[c834827a] + Xorg_libSM_jll v1.2.6+0
[4f6342f7] + Xorg_libX11_jll v1.8.12+0
[0c0b7dd1] + Xorg_libXau_jll v1.0.13+0
[935fb764] + Xorg_libXcursor_jll v1.2.4+0
[a3789734] + Xorg_libXdmcp_jll v1.1.6+0
[1082639a] + Xorg_libXext_jll v1.3.7+0
[d091e8ba] + Xorg_libXfixes_jll v6.0.2+0
[a51aa0fd] + Xorg_libXi_jll v1.8.3+0
[d1454406] + Xorg_libXinerama_jll v1.1.6+0
[ec84b674] + Xorg_libXrandr_jll v1.5.5+0
[ea2f1a96] + Xorg_libXrender_jll v0.9.12+0
[c7cfdc94] + Xorg_libxcb_jll v1.17.1+0
[cc61e674] + Xorg_libxkbfile_jll v1.1.3+0
[e920d4aa] + Xorg_xcb_util_cursor_jll v0.1.6+0
[12413925] + Xorg_xcb_util_image_jll v0.4.1+0
[2def613f] + Xorg_xcb_util_jll v0.4.1+0
[975044d2] + Xorg_xcb_util_keysyms_jll v0.4.1+0
[0d47668e] + Xorg_xcb_util_renderutil_jll v0.3.10+0
[c22f9ab0] + Xorg_xcb_util_wm_jll v0.4.2+0
[35661453] + Xorg_xkbcomp_jll v1.4.7+0
[33bec58e] + Xorg_xkeyboard_config_jll v2.44.0+0
[c5fb5394] + Xorg_xtrans_jll v1.6.0+0
[3161d3a3] + Zstd_jll v1.5.7+1
[35ca27e7] + eudev_jll v3.2.14+0
[214eeab7] + fzf_jll v0.61.1+0
[a4ae2306] + libaom_jll v3.13.1+0
[0ac62f75] + libass_jll v0.17.4+0
[1183f4f0] + libdecor_jll v0.2.2+0
[2db6ffa8] + libevdev_jll v1.13.4+0
[f638f0a6] + libfdk_aac_jll v2.0.4+0
[36db933b] + libinput_jll v1.28.1+0
[b53b4c65] + libpng_jll v1.6.53+0
[f27f6e37] + libvorbis_jll v1.3.8+0
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[8f399da3] + Libdl v1.11.0
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[4ec0a83e] + Unicode v1.11.0
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[3f19e933] + p7zip_jll v17.4.0+2
Info Packages marked with ⌅ have new versions available but compatibilit
y constraints restrict them from upgrading. To see why use `status --outdated -m
`
julia> using PyPlot
julia> using Plots
ERROR: InitError: could not load library "/home/nuccio/.julia/artifacts/3f1128f0
5e58ae4264bcad52869c9a9f766373d1/lib/libgio-2.0.so"
/home/nuccio/.julia/artifacts/3f1128f05e58ae4264bcad52869c9a9f766373d1/lib/libgo
bject-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_copy
Stacktrace:
[1] dlopen(s::String, flags::UInt32; throw_error::Bool)
@ Base.Libc.Libdl ./libdl.jl:120
[2] dlopen(s::String, flags::UInt32)
@ Base.Libc.Libdl ./libdl.jl:119
[3] macro expansion
@ ~/.julia/packages/JLLWrappers/m2Pjh/src/products/library_generators.jl:63
[inlined]
[4] __init__()
@ Glib_jll ~/.julia/packages/Glib_jll/XlNgR/src/wrappers/x86_64-linux-gnu.jl
:19
[5] run_module_init(mod::Module, i::Int64)
@ Base ./loading.jl:1378
[6] register_restored_modules(sv::Core.SimpleVector, pkg::Base.PkgId, path::St
ring)
@ Base ./loading.jl:1366
[7] _include_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, ocachepath::String
, depmods::Vector{…}, ignore_native::Nothing; register::Bool)
@ Base ./loading.jl:1254
[8] _include_from_serialized (repeats 2 times)
@ ./loading.jl:1210 [inlined]
[9] _require_search_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, sourcepath::String, build
_id::UInt128, stalecheck::Bool; reasons::Dict{…}, DEPOT_PATH::Vector{…})
@ Base ./loading.jl:2041
[10] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId, env::String)
@ Base ./loading.jl:2527
[11] __require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
@ Base ./loading.jl:2388
[12] #invoke_in_world#3
@ ./essentials.jl:1089 [inlined]
[13] invoke_in_world
@ ./essentials.jl:1086 [inlined]
[14] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
@ Base ./loading.jl:2375
[15] macro expansion
@ ./loading.jl:2314 [inlined]
[16] macro expansion
@ ./lock.jl:273 [inlined]
[17] __require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
@ Base ./loading.jl:2271
[18] #invoke_in_world#3
@ ./essentials.jl:1089 [inlined]
[19] invoke_in_world
@ ./essentials.jl:1086 [inlined]
[20] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
@ Base ./loading.jl:2260
during initialization of module Glib_jll
Some type information was truncated. Use `show(err)` to see complete types.
julia>
However if using Plots is before using PyPlot no error is throw.
Is this some expected behaviour due to incompatibilty between Plots and PyPlot?