# Package Management

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## [How to resolve "You may have a partially installed environment"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-resolve-you-may-have-a-partially-installed-environment/129665)

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**Author:** [@dankelley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dankelley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-resolve-you-may-have-a-partially-installed-environment/129665 "2025-06-05T10:00:41Z")

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I’m sorry to ask what may be a stupid question, but how do I get past the error quoted in my subjectline? It tells me to \`\`Pkg.instantiate()but that yields the same error. So I triedPkg.resolve()\` and, again, the same …

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## [Sporadic error when installing a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sporadic-error-when-installing-a-package/128809)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Bergel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alexandre_Bergel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sporadic-error-when-installing-a-package/128809 "2025-05-14T20:29:35Z")

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ReLint is run on every single commit in my organization. It works great, however, sometimes some unexplainable error happens, e.g.,: ERROR: Error when installing package StructTypes: IOError: readdir("/home/runner/.juli…

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## [Size of installed packages in Docker images](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/size-of-installed-packages-in-docker-images/123216)

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**Author:** [@Psirus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Psirus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/size-of-installed-packages-in-docker-images/123216 "2025-05-13T03:53:39Z")

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I’m trying to build a Julia image for a CI server that has a few packages preinstalled. Unfortunately, my naive approach seems to install more than I need. The layers of the base julia:1.11 image look like this Cmp …

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## [CI : benchmarking dependencies best practices?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-benchmarking-dependencies-best-practices/128402)

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**Author:** [@s\_amap](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/s_amap)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-benchmarking-dependencies-best-practices/128402 "2025-05-08T00:12:12Z")

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I’m working on several packages, with one or two packages with core features, and others depending on them, which aren’t really develop-centric, more so user applications. When adding features to the core packages, ther…

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## [Deploying docs error - OPENSSL version missmatch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deploying-docs-error-openssl-version-missmatch/128734)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deploying-docs-error-openssl-version-missmatch/128734 "2025-05-05T20:58:25Z")

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Hello everyone, Until recently, pushing a commit to my package would deploy the documentation without any issues, following these actions. Today, after pushing some changes, I got the following errors: ▶ Build and Depl…

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## [Automatic precompiling after juliaup update](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-precompiling-after-juliaup-update/128493)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-precompiling-after-juliaup-update/128493 "2025-04-28T16:05:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Startup time of 1000 packages – 53% slower in Julia 1.12 vs 1.10: I’ve been looking for something like PrecompileAfterUpdate.jl! Is this functionality something that could be integrated in…

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## [Distributing Julia Sysimage in Python Package Managers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distributing-julia-sysimage-in-python-package-managers/128230)

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**Author:** [@willow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/willow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distributing-julia-sysimage-in-python-package-managers/128230 "2025-04-19T22:31:40Z")

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Does anyone know of any examples of anyone distributing a PackageCompiler.jl image to be used by python projects? I’ve seen quite a lot of discussion across PythonCall.jl and elsewhere, and I’m hoping to figure out if an…

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## [Equivalent of Python's Inline script metadata (PEP 723) in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-pythons-inline-script-metadata-pep-723-in-julia/127980)

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**Author:** [@j-bowhay](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j-bowhay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-pythons-inline-script-metadata-pep-723-in-julia/127980 "2025-04-13T15:39:49Z")

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Hi all, I am interested to know if there is a Julia equivalent to the following in Python. Imagine you have a collection of scripts each with their own dependencies. In each script it is possible to declare metadata abo…

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## [Package registration failure](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-failure/127986)

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**Author:** [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-failure/127986 "2025-04-11T17:37:56Z")

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I’m trying to register an patch version update, but get an error I was not able to load the package (i.e. import PackageMaker failed). See the AutoMerge logs for details. I’ve no idea where are these AutoMerge logs ,…

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## [Understanding dependancy issues and CompatHelper](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-dependancy-issues-and-compathelper/127676)

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**Author:** [@franckgaga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/franckgaga)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-dependancy-issues-and-compathelper/127676 "2025-04-03T18:10:14Z")

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First congratz on all contributors for the ForwardDiff.jl v1.0 release! I have a package that depends on ForwardDiff, both directly and indirectly. I received the automatic PR of CompatHelper. The tests failed in the PR…

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## [Relocating a Julia sysimage](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relocating-a-julia-sysimage/127646)

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**Author:** [@Deduction42](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Deduction42)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/relocating-a-julia-sysimage/127646 "2025-04-03T03:18:10Z")

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I’m trying to build a sysimage and relocate it to another machine (actually another Docker image) without re-installing all the packages I precompiled (the precompiled packages take precidence anyway when using the sysim…

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## [Pkg dev: change path from C drive to D drive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-dev-change-path-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/127547)

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**Author:** [@JosephPollacco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JosephPollacco)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-dev-change-path-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/127547 "2025-04-01T14:32:49Z")

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Hi, I have a simple question. I would like to change the location of the downloaded package e.g. pkg.dev(Wflow) The sustem automatically puts the package into: C:\\Users\\jpollacco\\.julia\\dev And I simply would like t…

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## [Question about Artifact Storage on the Julia Storage Server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-artifact-storage-on-the-julia-storage-server/127536)

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**Author:** [@mkh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-artifact-storage-on-the-julia-storage-server/127536 "2025-03-31T08:04:00Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Julia package development. I’m interested in developing a package similar to Bash’s command-not-found, but for Julia. In my initial design, the package would include a platform-independent dataset stored …

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## [RCall.jl - how to handle R package dependencies?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-jl-how-to-handle-r-package-dependencies/83172)

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**Author:** [@pat-alt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pat-alt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-jl-how-to-handle-r-package-dependencies/83172 "2025-03-27T09:47:28Z")

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Hi there, I’m working on an experimental feature for CounterfactualExplanations.jl that adds native support for explaining R torch models. This is made possible by RCall.jl and local tests are passing. But since torch i…

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## [Pkg: Some registries failed to update: and Operation too slow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-some-registries-failed-to-update-and-operation-too-slow/127363)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-some-registries-failed-to-update-and-operation-too-slow/127363 "2025-03-25T17:53:04Z")

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I was trying to update my packages in the REPL and was having the download of the General registry fail with an error that the data rate was too slow (less than 1 byte per 20 seconds). Here is a session in the pkg mod…

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## [Indirect Dependency on non-registered Package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indirect-dependency-on-non-registered-package/127304)

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**Author:** [@PatrickHaecker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PatrickHaecker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indirect-dependency-on-non-registered-package/127304 "2025-03-24T15:57:39Z")

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I want to create unregistered package A. A depends on unregistered package B which is in the same Git repository as A (monorepo), so this should not be a problem using develop in the package manager. B depends on the u…

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## [What is the best way to include sample data in Package for CI and precompilation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-include-sample-data-in-package-for-ci-and-precompilation/127094)

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**Author:** [@lupemba](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lupemba)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-include-sample-data-in-package-for-ci-and-precompilation/127094 "2025-03-19T14:38:46Z")

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I am working on MetopDatasets.jl and I want to includes some sample data for CI tests and precompilation. How can I include sample data in packages and still keep the size of the repository down? I am considering to use…

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## [Using Pkg, how do I dev a local branch of a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pkg-how-do-i-dev-a-local-branch-of-a-package/127069)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pkg-how-do-i-dev-a-local-branch-of-a-package/127069 "2025-03-18T17:17:00Z")

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There is a package that I am developing (GitHub - SciML/Catalyst.jl: Chemical reaction network and systems biology interface for scientific machine learning (SciML). High performance, GPU-parallelized, and O(1) solvers i…

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## [Pkg performance on Windows Dev Drive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-performance-on-windows-dev-drive/126948)

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**Author:** [@visr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/visr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-performance-on-windows-dev-drive/126948 "2025-03-14T12:19:32Z")

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I recently moved my Julia depot to a Dev Drive and am quite happy with the results, so I’m sharing my experience. This contrived benchmark sped up from 176 to 8 seconds: for i in 1:100\_000 open("file.txt", "w") do …

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## [GMT fails to build in Julia 1.11.0-rc3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gmt-fails-to-build-in-julia-1-11-0-rc3/126362)

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**Author:** [@jackblyle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jackblyle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gmt-fails-to-build-in-julia-1-11-0-rc3/126362 "2025-02-26T23:51:18Z")

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Hi Folks, I’m using Julia 1.11.0-rc3 on Fedora 41 from JupyterLab. I can’t get the GMT package to build. It worked in March almost a year ago, but I have updated Julia since then. The process looks like this: julia\> …

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## [Allow storing download size in Artifacts.toml?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-storing-download-size-in-artifacts-toml/126215)

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**Author:** [@nhz2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nhz2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-storing-download-size-in-artifacts-toml/126215 "2025-02-24T06:57:58Z")

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Currently, the “Artifacts.toml” file requires each download entry to contain a “sha256” and a “url”. Including the compressed size of the tarball could be useful. Some of the benefits are. It would be easier to tell i…

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## [Unable to fetch GH Release tarballs for JLL package on company internal GitHub server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-fetch-gh-release-tarballs-for-jll-package-on-company-internal-github-server/126056)

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**Author:** [@briyoman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/briyoman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-fetch-gh-release-tarballs-for-jll-package-on-company-internal-github-server/126056 "2025-02-19T04:01:09Z")

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I’m working on a package that is generated using BinaryBuilder. The generated package is hosted on a company internal GitHub server. Due to access permissions/restrictions, Julia is unable to download the “Release tarba…

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## [Debugging "could not load symbol ..." from \_jll package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-could-not-load-symbol-from-jll-package/125340)

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**Author:** [@suvayu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/suvayu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-could-not-load-symbol-from-jll-package/125340 "2025-01-29T13:17:14Z")

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I’m trying to debug an upstream issue with one of my dependencies (DuckDB). To summarise briefly, for the latest release everything works as expected on Linux, but the windows package fails to load a symbol from DuckDB\_…

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## [How to test a plotting package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-test-a-plotting-package/125206)

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**Author:** [@Nichola](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nichola)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-test-a-plotting-package/125206 "2025-01-26T05:59:01Z")

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I’m writing a package to plot quantum circuits: QuantumCircuitDraw.jl but im not sure how to write testsets for this kind of code. How can I ensure its plotting the right thing without having to manually check the output…

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## [Updating latest version of package in registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-latest-version-of-package-in-registry/125080)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-latest-version-of-package-in-registry/125080 "2025-01-22T13:58:16Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve got a package in the julia registry, and I realized that the latest release contains a silly bug, which would be fixed by changing a single line. Would there be a way to seamlessly incorporate a ne…

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## [Can no longer use private repository on Github as dependency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-no-longer-use-private-repository-on-github-as-dependency/125023)

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**Author:** [@MatPeron](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MatPeron)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-no-longer-use-private-repository-on-github-as-dependency/125023 "2025-01-22T11:07:48Z")

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Hello everyone. I’m quite new to Julia and I’m currently developing a package that uses several dependencies, among which are CUDA and a core package I developed myself and put on Github (basically the package is a GPU f…

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## [Required dependencies for extensions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/required-dependencies-for-extensions/124422)

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**Author:** [@tz-lom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tz-lom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/required-dependencies-for-extensions/124422 "2025-01-04T17:14:14Z")

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I am making a package with functionality which can be nicely visualized with GraphVis, so GraphVis is additional dependency that is not strictly required for the package itself. I am looking how to provide user experien…

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## [Package Compiler GitHub Actions Build Template](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-github-actions-build-template/124378)

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**Author:** [@Kyjor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyjor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-github-actions-build-template/124378 "2025-01-03T22:03:27Z")

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Hey all, I’m working on a new project, and set up automatic builds with GitHub actions that creates a package compiler app and automatically uploads these artifacts to github. I extracted the foundation of this to an ex…

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## ["can not merge projects" error when \`dev\`ing sister package from test project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-not-merge-projects-error-when-dev-ing-sister-package-from-test-project/115575)

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**Author:** [@maxkapur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxkapur)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-not-merge-projects-error-when-dev-ing-sister-package-from-test-project/115575 "2024-12-25T14:57:37Z")

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I have run into an issue in trying to apply a project structure I have seen in some successful projects. Similar to StaticArrays.jl and StaticArraysCore.jl, I have MyProject.jl and MyProjectCore.jl, each with their own G…

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## [Circular dependency warning](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/circular-dependency-warning/123388)

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**Author:** [@tomaklutfu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomaklutfu)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/circular-dependency-warning/123388 "2024-12-21T15:36:48Z")

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Julia v1.10.7 and v1.11.1 shows circular dependency warning while adding CUDA.jl ┌ Warning: Circular dependency detected. Precompilation will be skipped for: │ Base.PkgId(Base.UUID("85068d23-b5fb-53f1-8204-05c2aba6942…

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