# Can't install Julia on RHEL 7 - libgit2 issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-rhel-7-libgit2-issue/17286>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-rhel-7-libgit2-issue/17286 "2018-11-08T01:17:21Z")\
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I’m using the RHEL packages mentioned in [https://julialang.org/downloads/platform.html](https://julialang.org/downloads/platform.html) but I am unable to install on a RHEL 7.6 install. The issue seems to be julia is looking for libgit2.so.26 which the copr repo only provides libgit2.so.24.

# yum install julia

Loaded plugins: priorities, product-id, rhnplugin, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager  
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.  
nalimilan-julia | 2.9 kB 00:00:00  
429 packages excluded due to repository priority protections  
Resolving Dependencies  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package julia.x86\_64 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: julia-common = 1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: openblas-threads for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libutf8proc.so.2()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libpcre2-8.so.0()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libopenlibm.so.2()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libopenblasp64\_.so.0()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmbedtls.so.10()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libjulia-debug.so.1()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libgit2.so.26()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libdSFMT.so.2.2()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package dSFMT.x86\_64 0:2.2.3-4.el7.centos will be installed  
—\> Package julia.x86\_64 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: libgit2.so.26()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
—\> Package julia-common.noarch 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
—\> Package julia-devel.x86\_64 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
—\> Package mbedtls.x86\_64 0:2.7.6-1.el7 will be installed  
—\> Package openblas-threads.x86\_64 0:0.3.3-2.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: libgfortran.so.3(GFORTRAN\_1.0)(64bit) for package: openblas-threads-0.3.3-2.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libgfortran.so.3()(64bit) for package: openblas-threads-0.3.3-2.el7.x86\_64  
—\> Package openblas-threads64\_.x86\_64 0:0.3.3-2.el7 will be installed  
—\> Package openlibm.x86\_64 0:0.5.3-1.el7 will be installed  
—\> Package pcre2.x86\_64 0:10.20-1.el7.centos will be installed  
—\> Package utf8proc.x86\_64 0:2.1.1-1.el7.centos will be installed  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package julia.x86\_64 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: libgit2.so.26()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
—\> Package libgfortran.x86\_64 0:4.8.5-36.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: libquadmath = 4.8.5-36.el7 for package: libgfortran-4.8.5-36.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libquadmath.so.0(QUADMATH\_1.0)(64bit) for package: libgfortran-4.8.5-36.el7.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libquadmath.so.0()(64bit) for package: libgfortran-4.8.5-36.el7.x86\_64  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package julia.x86\_64 0:1.0.1-2.copr2.el7 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: libgit2.so.26()(64bit) for package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64  
—\> Package libquadmath.x86\_64 0:4.8.5-36.el7 will be installed  
 → Finished Dependency Resolution  
Error: Package: julia-1.0.1-2.copr2.el7.x86\_64 (nalimilan-julia)  
Requires: libgit2.so.26()(64bit)  
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem  
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest