ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package FixConda does not have Pkg in its dependencies

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Hello, I’m trying to install a package using

Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://bitbucket.org/etjekant/fixconda/src/master/"))

Which yields the following error:

ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package FixConda does not have Pkg in its dependencies:

  • You may have a partially installed environment. Try Pkg.instantiate()
    to ensure all packages in the environment are installed.
  • Or, if you have FixConda checked out for development and have
    added Pkg as a dependency but haven’t updated your primary
    environment’s manifest file, try Pkg.resolve().
  • Otherwise you may need to report an issue with FixConda

I have seen answers when people have this issue with their own code, but I try to install a package. How can I install this package? Thanks in advance.

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The package tries to import other packages without declaring them as dependencies, so it’s broken and can’t be installed until it’s fixed.

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Hi, and welcome to the Julia community!

The proper solution is indeed to get the maintainer to update the package. But if you just want a workaround, you could dev it and fix it yourself:

using Pkg
# If necessary, first switch to the environment you want to use FixConda in: Pkg.activate("...")
Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(url="https://bitbucket.org/etjekant/fixconda/src/master/"))

Pkg.activate("(...)/.julia/dev/FixConda")  # adjust to path to Julia (when working in the REPL, Pkg.activate("FixConda") might also work)
Pkg.add("Pkg")  # If it tries precompiling now, it still fails
Pkg.update("CSV")  # Precompilation should work

Pkg.activate("...")  # Switch back to the original env
Pkg.resolve()

using FixConda
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Thank you, with ‘path’ do you mean the path that you get when you type ‘where julia’ in cmd? Because that results in a StackOverflowError. Same for Pkg.activate(“FixConda”).

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Oh, my bad, that was quite unclear. I didn’t mean the path of the Julia executable (or of a symlink pointing to it), but the Julia directory, normally C:\Users\<username>\.julia on Windows, /home/<username>/.julia on Linux.