# ERROR: 'path' appears to be a local path, but directory does not exist
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** package, path
**Created:** [January 28, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362 "2024-01-28T15:48:52Z")
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### Author:  [@danielbl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielbl)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362/1 "2024-01-28T15:48:52Z")
Hi all. This post concerns the following error:
```julia
ERROR: 'path' appears to be a local path, but directory does not exist
```
I am currently following this Readme for a Julia/Python program ([BYU CCBlade.ji](https://github.com/byuflowlab/CCBlade.jl/blob/master/openmdao/python/openmdao.md)). I have tried both establishing the path locally using:
```julia
(@v1.10) pkg> develop(path="/Users/dblachance/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl-master/src/CCBlade.jl")
```
And resulted in the following error:
```julia
(@v1.10) pkg> develop /Users/dblachance/Desktop/CCBlade.jl
ERROR: `/Users/dblachance/Desktop/CCBlade.jl` appears to be a local path, but directory does not exist
```
I also tried the following with no luck as well:
```julia
julia> Pkg.add(path="/Users/dblachance/Desktop/CCBlade.jl")
ERROR: Path `/Users/dblachance/Desktop/CCBlade.jl` does not exist.
Stacktrace:
[1] pkgerror(msg::String)
@ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/Types.jl:70
[2] handle_repo_add!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkg::Pkg.Types.PackageSpec)
@ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/Types.jl:776
[3] handle_repos_add!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
@ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/Types.jl:852
[4] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{…}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::@Kwargs{…})
@ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/API.jl:258
[5] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::Base.TTY, kwargs::@Kwargs{})
@ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/API.jl:159
[6] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
@ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.10.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/Pkg/src/API.jl:148
[7] add(; name::Nothing, uuid::Nothing, version::Nothing, url::Nothing, rev::Nothing, path::String, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, subdir::Nothing, kwargs::@Kwargs{})
@ Pkg.API ./boot.jl:0
[8] top-level scope
@ REPL[21]:1
Some type information was truncated. Use `show(err)` to see complete types.
```
Any helps and tips will be greatly appreciated!
Note\* I have a copy of the file in two places, I have tried both methods with the two file locations.
Best,
Dan
---
### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362/3 "2024-01-28T17:09:06Z")
I’m fairly certain that they mean that you should clone the package as `CCBlade.jl` and give the path to the clone as argument to `dev`, not the path to the file with the same name inside the repository. Try something like
```julia
develop(path="/Users/dblachance/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl-master")
```
---
### Author:  [@danielbl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielbl)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362/4 "2024-01-28T17:24:48Z")
Thank you very much! I tried that and it did not work,
```julia
(@v1.10) pkg> develop(path="/Users/dblachance/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl-master")
ERROR: `develop(path=` is not a recognized command. Type ? for help with available commands
```
However, when I tried the other way for doing it not using “]” it worked:
```julia
julia> Pkg.develop(path="/Users/dblachance/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl_master")
Resolving package versions...
Installed IrrationalConstants ── v0.2.2
Installed DiffResults ────────── v1.1.0
Installed OffsetArrays ───────── v1.13.0
Installed FLOWMath ───────────── v0.3.3
Installed ImplicitAD ─────────── v0.3.1
Installed JLLWrappers ────────── v1.5.0
Installed SpecialFunctions ───── v2.3.1
Installed StaticArraysCore ───── v1.4.2
Installed NaNMath ────────────── v1.0.2
Installed ReverseDiff ────────── v1.15.1
Installed StaticArrays ───────── v1.9.1
Installed ChainRulesCore ─────── v1.20.0
Installed FunctionWrappers ───── v1.1.3
Installed LogExpFunctions ────── v0.3.26
Installed OpenSpecFun_jll ────── v0.5.5+0
Installed Compat ─────────────── v4.12.0
Installed CommonSubexpressions ─ v0.3.0
Installed ForwardDiff ────────── v0.10.36
Installed DocStringExtensions ── v0.9.3
Installed DiffRules ──────────── v1.15.1
Downloaded artifact: OpenSpecFun
Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.10/Project.toml`
[e1828068] + CCBlade v0.2.5 `~/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl_master`
Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.10/Manifest.toml`
[e1828068] + CCBlade v0.2.5 `~/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl_master`
[d360d2e6] + ChainRulesCore v1.20.0
[bbf7d656] + CommonSubexpressions v0.3.0
[34da2185] + Compat v4.12.0
[163ba53b] + DiffResults v1.1.0
[b552c78f] + DiffRules v1.15.1
[ffbed154] + DocStringExtensions v0.9.3
[6cb5d3fb] + FLOWMath v0.3.3
[f6369f11] + ForwardDiff v0.10.36
[069b7b12] + FunctionWrappers v1.1.3
[e7cbb90b] + ImplicitAD v0.3.1
[92d709cd] + IrrationalConstants v0.2.2
[692b3bcd] + JLLWrappers v1.5.0
[2ab3a3ac] + LogExpFunctions v0.3.26
[77ba4419] + NaNMath v1.0.2
[6fe1bfb0] + OffsetArrays v1.13.0
[37e2e3b7] + ReverseDiff v1.15.1
[276daf66] + SpecialFunctions v2.3.1
[90137ffa] + StaticArrays v1.9.1
[1e83bf80] + StaticArraysCore v1.4.2
[efe28fd5] + OpenSpecFun_jll v0.5.5+0
[b77e0a4c] + InteractiveUtils
[76f85450] + LibGit2
[56ddb016] + Logging
[44cfe95a] + Pkg v1.10.0
[3fa0cd96] + REPL
[6462fe0b] + Sockets
[2f01184e] + SparseArrays v1.10.0
[10745b16] + Statistics v1.10.0
[a4e569a6] + Tar v1.10.0
[8dfed614] + Test
[e37daf67] + LibGit2_jll v1.6.4+0
[05823500] + OpenLibm_jll v0.8.1+2
[bea87d4a] + SuiteSparse_jll v7.2.1+1
[3f19e933] + p7zip_jll v17.4.0+2
julia>
```
Thank you very much again for your help! Much appreciated!
---
### Author:  [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-path-appears-to-be-a-local-path-but-directory-does-not-exist/109362/5 "2024-01-28T18:03:15Z")
The keystroke sequence would be
```julia
] dev "/Users/dblachance/Desktop/BU Research/CC Blade/CCBlade.jl-master"
```