# CompatHelper Github action stopped finding Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** github-actions, compathelper\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944 "2026-11-13T18:53:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hsgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@hsgg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hsgg)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944/1 "2026-11-13T18:53:46Z")

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In the last few days my CompatHelper workflows on Github have stopped working, e.g.,

```julia-auto
2026-11-13T03:52:07.3754547Z ##[group]Run julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("CompatHelper")'
2026-11-13T03:52:07.3755579Z julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("CompatHelper")'
2026-11-13T03:52:07.4295235Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2026-11-13T03:52:07.4296434Z ##[endgroup]
2026-11-13T03:52:07.4553099Z /home/runner/work/_temp/d7d72ccc-8bd5-41fc-975e-f0c1b9da2450.sh: line 1: julia: command not found

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Do we now have to add the julia-setup action to compathelper? I cannot switch to Dependabot because I’m using a private registry.

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**Author:** ![user664303](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/user664303/32/37843_2.png) [@user664303](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/user664303)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944/2 "2026-11-13T19:13:01Z")

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Yes, on ubuntu-latest, as this has updated to Ubuntu 26, which doesn’t ship with Julia.

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**Author:** ![dilumaluthge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dilumaluthge/32/29283_2.png) [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944/3 "2026-11-13T19:24:38Z")

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Yeah, just add a `setup-julia` step.

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**Author:** ![eldee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-github-action-stopped-finding-julia/142944/4 "2026-11-13T20:19:45Z")

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See also the latest [Compathelper.yml](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/CompatHelper.jl/blob/master/.github/workflows/CompatHelper.yml), which includes the Julia install step.