Development package dependencies in VSCodium

Tooling VS Code
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I am working on a development package Modia3D which depends on another development package ModiaMath:

(@v1.5) pkg> status
Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.5/Project.toml`
...
  [ee78f7c6] Makie v0.11.1
  [eff96d63] Measurements v2.3.0
  [07f2c1e0] Modia3D v0.4.1-dev `~/modia/dev/Modia3D`
  [67ccffd1] ModiaMath v0.6.0-dev `~/modia/dev/ModiaMath`
  [91a5bcdd] Plots v1.9.1
...

In the Julia REPL I can execute code using include without problems. But when I start VSCodium with workspace ~/modia/dev/Modia3D, open the same source code file and execute “Run without Debugging”, I get the following error:

Importing Modia3D Version 0.4.2-dev (2020-11-03)
ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package ModiaMath [67ccffd1-116d-535b-ad39-76a8fd0cbf71] is required but does not seem to be installed:
 - Run `Pkg.instantiate()` to install all recorded dependencies.

What is the cause of this error and how can I fix it? VSCodium version is 1.51.1 and Julia language support version is 1.0.10.

2

Did you check what environment you are in? We might automatically activate your package’s env if that’s the only one in the workspace.

3

The status bar says “julia env: Modia3D”. Is there a way to register the ModiaMath dependency in it?

4

Just click on it and select @v1.5. I actually meant the REPL environment though, which, unfortunately, is a separate issue.

5

Thanks, this solved the dependency problem. :slightly_smiling_face: But now an env defined in .julia/config/startup.jl is not avialable:

ERROR: LoadError: InitError: KeyError: key "MODIA_PLOT_PACKAGE" not found

Isn’t the startup file executed for env v1.5?

6

I am sure that this can be fixed easily: How can I enable execution of .julia/config/startup.jl when using the standard Julia environment in VSCodium?

7

Your startup.jl should always be loaded by default, unless you’re using the Debug File in New Process command (in which case it’ll be loaded after https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/pull/1806 is merged).

8

Sorry, I am not a VSCode expert. What I do is Run → Run without Debugging via the GUI. Does this invoke the Debug File in New Process command? If so, how can I work around it?

9

After removing --startup-file=no in scripts/debugger/launch_wrapper.jl:15 it works as expected. Thanks for your help! :slight_smile:

10

It doesn’t invoke that particular command, but does in fact start a new process for your code. I’d recommend using the Julia: Execute File command instead, which uses the persistent REPL session for evaluation.