# Error: Missing source file for JSON

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-missing-source-file-for-json/67975>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package-manager\
**Created:** [September 10, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-missing-source-file-for-json/67975 "2021-09-10T09:12:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aateg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aateg/32/47963_2.png) [@aateg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aateg)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-missing-source-file-for-json/67975/5 "2023-03-22T11:21:17Z")

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I am not sure if the problem persists, but I will try to answer for other people with the same problem.

Following the discussion [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-i-cannot-install-package-meshes/84051).

JSON package might be borked. Remove the JSON package from `.julia/packages` and then try installing JSON again.

To avoid this problem is recommended to use [environments](https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/environments/).

I was facing a similar problem and I removed completely `.julia` directory. Installing again the desired package worked

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