Can't install Julia on work PC. No Github access or General Registry. Solutions?

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I love using Julia and want to use it on work. But my company blocks access to most Github repositories. Moreover, when I install Julia, I do not even get the general registry - probably some other website blocked. And even if I did, I can’t be sure Julia would succeed in cloning the Github repositories of all the packages I need.

So, before giving up and asking them to buy me a MatLab license, two questions:

  1. Is there a “MatLab license” equivalent to Julia? That is, some paid IDE service that comes with some pre-built packages? Remember: I can’t get them from Github!
  2. If not, is there a way to copy and paste the packages’ folders from my laptop to the work PC and install them? A short guide would be very useful!!

Thank you so much. And if this is something trivial, I am really sorry!

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There was some work detailed here on a portable Julia but IIRC it requires internet access

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Could you possibly download libraries at home and then basically carry the .julia folder around?

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I don’t know. Could I??

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I mean of course I can, but would Julia work as usual on the new PC??

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True, the initial install needs access to the general registry. But one could init the env on one machine, and then copy the whole thing (Julia, depot, accessories) to a machine w/o internet access. I haven’t actually tested this though.

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If you are on a corporate PC, I’m taking a guess you use windows. You can try Juliawin: GitHub - heetbeet/juliawin: A portable Julia for Windows, bundled with VSCode, Pluto, Conda & PyCall, and more.

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