# 0.7 doesn't let me add any packages

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-doesnt-let-me-add-any-packages/13053 "2018-08-09T02:22:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-doesnt-let-me-add-any-packages/13053/1 "2018-08-09T02:22:03Z")

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Hi, this is a duplicate post, but my original post was really not in a suitable thread.  
as per subject, doesn’t matter what the package is I get the same error.

echo $JULIA\_LOAD\_PATH  
.

any ideas ?

Thanks.

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pkg\> add PyPlot  
ERROR: no active project  
Stacktrace:  
[1] error(::String) at ./error.jl:33  
[2] find\_project\_file(::Nothing) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/Types.jl:243  
[3] Pkg.Types.EnvCache(::Nothing) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/Types.jl:285 (repeats 2 times)  
[4] Type at ./none:0 [inlined]  
[5] Context!(::Array{Pair{Symbol,Any},1}) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/Types.jl:367  
[6] Context! at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:497 [inlined]  
[7] do\_add!(::Dict{Symbol,Any}, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Dict{Symbol,Any}) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:633  
[8] #invokelatest#1(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at ./essentials.jl:691  
[9] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at ./essentials.jl:690  
[10] do\_cmd!(::Pkg.REPLMode.PkgCommand, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:542  
[11] #do\_cmd#30(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:507  
[12] do\_cmd at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:503 [inlined]  
[13] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol(“##41#44”)){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/REPLMode.jl:842  
[14] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:691 [inlined]  
[15] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:690 [inlined]  
[16] run\_interface(::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, ::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, ::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2261  
[17] run\_frontend(::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::REPL.REPLBackendRef) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1029  
[18] run\_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:191  
[19] (::getfield(Base, Symbol(“##831#833”)){Bool,Bool,Bool,Bool})(::Module) at ./logging.jl:311  
[20] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:691 [inlined]  
[21] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:690 [inlined]  
[22] macro expansion at ./logging.jl:308 [inlined]  
[23] run\_main\_repl(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool) at ./client.jl:340  
[24] exec\_options(::Base.JLOptions) at ./client.jl:252  
[25] \_start() at ./client.jl:432  
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-doesnt-let-me-add-any-packages/13053/2 "2018-08-09T06:17:53Z")

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Can you set `LOAD_PATH` to `.:` instead (`.;` on Windows I think). `LOAD_PATH` entries are separated with `:` and an empty entry expands to the default `LOAD_PATH`.

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-doesnt-let-me-add-any-packages/13053/3 "2018-08-09T16:36:01Z")

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That works !

JULIA\_LOAD\_PATH=. worked just fine for 0.6.3

Thank you.

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-doesnt-let-me-add-any-packages/13053/4 "2019-03-24T14:33:37Z")

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Thank you, worked for me!