# Atom - setting julia path

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513 "2020-05-31T16:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![rami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@rami](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rami)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/1 "2020-05-31T16:37:42Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to set julia path on Atom IDE on Mac. Here is the setting of julia on my machine:

```julia
~ ❯ which julia
/usr/local/bin/julia
~ ❯ ls -l /usr/local/bin/julia
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ramikrispin admin 62 Dec 13 00:39 /usr/local/bin/julia -> /Applications/Julia-1.3.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia

```

I tried to use both paths to set julia on Atom but I am getting the following errors:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/6/a66e13ad31cec05b2bb22c27091027a53e10d59e.png)

Any suggestions?

Thanks,  
Rami

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**Author:** ![MatFi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/matfi/32/10002_2.png) [@MatFi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MatFi)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/2 "2020-05-31T18:10:25Z")

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can you launch

```julia
/Applications/Julia-1.3.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia

```

in a terminal.? may be the symlink is broken,…

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**Author:** ![rami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@rami](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rami)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/3 "2020-05-31T23:11:15Z")

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Yes, it is working on the terminal. I ended up reinstalling atom and julia and now it is working.

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**Author:** ![sai\_anirudh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sai_anirudh/32/16596_2.png) [@sai\_anirudh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sai_anirudh)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/4 "2020-07-26T06:19:52Z")

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I’m facing the same problem as rami. i reinstalled again but julia could not be started

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**Author:** ![Sanjeevani\_Mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sanjeevani_mishra/32/16802_2.png) [@Sanjeevani\_Mishra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sanjeevani_Mishra)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/5 "2020-08-02T21:02:19Z")

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I have the same problem on windows, to be honest. I tried changing the path to -

> C:\Users\KIIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia\Julia-1.4.2

because that’s where my Julia is stored, but it doesn’t seem to work.  
Could you tell me where I’m going wrong?

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-setting-julia-path/40513/6 "2020-08-03T07:45:57Z")

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You need to point it to the executable, so try

```julia
C:\Users\KIIT\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia\Julia-1.4.2\bin\julia.exe

```