# Error when trying to install Julia on Google Colaboratory

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624>\
**Category:** GPU\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624 "2019-03-08T08:13:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![askvorts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/askvorts/32/7120_2.png) [@askvorts](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/askvorts)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/1 "2019-03-08T08:13:49Z")

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I am trying to install Julia on Google Colaboratory and getting the following error

```nohighlight
Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.0/Project.toml`
  [3a865a2d] + CuArrays v0.9.1
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.0/Manifest.toml`
  [621f4979] + AbstractFFTs v0.3.2
  [79e6a3ab] + Adapt v0.4.2
  [9e28174c] + BinDeps v0.8.10
  [3895d2a7] + CUDAapi v0.6.0
  [c5f51814] + CUDAdrv v1.0.1
  [be33ccc6] + CUDAnative v1.0.1
  [bbf7d656] + CommonSubexpressions v0.2.0
  [3a865a2d] + CuArrays v0.9.1
  [163ba53b] + DiffResults v0.0.4
  [b552c78f] + DiffRules v0.0.10
  [7a1cc6ca] + FFTW v0.2.4
  [1a297f60] + FillArrays v0.4.0
  [f6369f11] + ForwardDiff v0.10.3
  [0c68f7d7] + GPUArrays v0.6.1
  [929cbde3] + LLVM v1.0.0
  [1914dd2f] + MacroTools v0.4.5
  [872c559c] + NNlib v0.4.3
  [77ba4419] + NaNMath v0.3.2
  [189a3867] + Reexport v0.2.0
  [ae029012] + Requires v0.5.2
  [276daf66] + SpecialFunctions v0.7.2
  [90137ffa] + StaticArrays v0.10.3
  [30578b45] + URIParser v0.4.0
  Building SpecialFunctions → `~/.julia/packages/SpecialFunctions/fvheQ/deps/build.log`
  Building CUDAdrv ─────────→ `~/.julia/packages/CUDAdrv/JWljj/deps/build.log`
  Building LLVM ────────────→ `~/.julia/packages/LLVM/tPWXv/deps/build.log`
  Building CUDAnative ──────→ `~/.julia/packages/CUDAnative/Mdd3w/deps/build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `CUDAnative`: 
│ CUDA 10.1 is not supported by
│ your driver (which supports up to 10.0).
│ 
│ This is not a fatal error, but GPU functionality will be unavailable.
│ If you expected this to work, please open a thread on
│ https://discourse.julialang.org/c/domain/gpu
└ @ Pkg.Operations /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1068
  Building FFTW ────────────→ `~/.julia/packages/FFTW/p7sLQ/deps/build.log`
  Building CuArrays ────────→ `~/.julia/packages/CuArrays/PD3UJ/deps/build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `CuArrays`: 
│ Dependent package CUDAnative.jl has not been built successfully
└ @ Pkg.Operations /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1068 
...

```

Is there a way to overcome this issue?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/2 "2019-03-10T10:37:57Z")

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CUDAapi.jl needs to be updated for CUDA 10.1: [Updates for CUDA 10.1 by maleadt · Pull Request #67 · JuliaGPU/CUDAapi.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaGPU/CUDAapi.jl/pull/67)

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**Author:** ![askvorts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/askvorts/32/7120_2.png) [@askvorts](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/askvorts)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/3 "2019-03-10T19:15:17Z")

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Great! Thank you very much.

@maleadt would it be possible to add the likely next version changes (the present case being likely from 10.1 to 10.2 or 11.0) since I believe that the CUDA versions available are hardcoded in `CUDAapi.jl` and it is difficult to change this approach?

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**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/4 "2019-03-10T19:46:22Z")

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Other information, such as the supported devices and PTX ISAs, or the supported host compilers, also change with every CUDA version so it’s probably not worth doing so.

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**Author:** ![Roseck16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/roseck16/32/11405_2.png) [@Roseck16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roseck16)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/5 "2019-11-20T02:44:20Z")

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Im having this problem again. Just 6 hours ago this worked fine.

```julia
Precompiling CuArrays
ERROR: LoadError: CUDA 10.2 is not supported by
your driver (which supports up to 10.1)
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at ./error.jl:33
 [2] cuda_support(::VersionNumber, ::VersionNumber) at /root/.julia/packages/CUDAnative/Lr0yj/src/CUDAnative.jl:53
 [3] top-level scope at /root/.julia/packages/CUDAnative/Lr0yj/src/CUDAnative.jl:93
 [4] include at ./boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [5] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1094
 [6] include(::Module, ::String) at ./Base.jl:31
 [7] top-level scope at none:2
 [8] eval at ./boot.jl:330 [inlined]
 [9] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:432
 [10] top-level scope at ./none:3
in expression starting at /root/.julia/packages/CUDAnative/Lr0yj/src/CUDAnative.jl:72
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile CUDAnative [be33ccc6-a3ff-5ff2-a52e-74243cff1e17] to /root/.julia/compiled/v1.2/CUDAnative/4Zu2W.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at ./error.jl:33
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1253
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1013
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:911
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:906
 [6] include at ./boot.jl:328 [inlined]
 [7] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1094
 [8] include(::Module, ::String) at ./Base.jl:31
 [9] top-level scope at none:2
 [10] eval at ./boot.jl:330 [inlined]
 [11] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:432
 [12] top-level scope at ./none:3
in expression starting at /root/.julia/packages/CuArrays/PwSdF/src/CuArrays.jl:5

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**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/6 "2019-11-20T06:47:11Z")

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You probably upgraded your CUDA toolkit without upgrading your driver. This is generally not a supported situation. That said, I’ve demoted the error to a warning on the latest CUDAnative, so try upgrading your packages.

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**Author:** ![Dsantra92](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dsantra92/32/21432_2.png) [@Dsantra92](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dsantra92)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/7 "2020-02-20T16:59:59Z")

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I am also having the same problem can you just help me with the code for doing so?

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**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-google-colaboratory/21624/8 "2020-02-20T17:13:11Z")

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There is no code to fix your system, upgrading your CUDA driver depends on your operating system. Furthermore, on the latest version of CUDAnative this should not be a fatal error anymore, just a warning. You can also try out [Request for testing: CUDA from BinaryBuilder](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-for-testing-cuda-from-binarybuilder/34856/) where a matching CUDA toolkit will be installed automatically.