# Error while using \`Pkg.instantiate()\`

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103
**Category:** Package Management
**Created:** [March 25, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103 "2024-03-25T18:30:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Devansh1106](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devansh1106/32/207983_2.png) [@Devansh1106](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devansh1106)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103/1 "2024-03-25T18:30:09Z")

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I ran these commands:  
`import Pkg`  
`Pkg.instantiate()`  
Got some warnings and precompiling got stuck  
`julia> import Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()`  
`┌ Warning: attempting to remove probably stale pidfile`  
`│ path = "/home/devansh/.julia/compiled/v1.10/JLD2/O1EyT_vnlyu.ji.pidfile"`  
`└@FileWatching.Pidfile/snap/julia/95/share/julia/stdlib/v1.10/FileWatching/src/pidfile.jl:244`

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103/2 "2024-03-25T18:47:03Z")

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How did you install Julia?

The only methods we directly support are those mentioned on [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/) . It seems like you may be using a SNAP package from somewhere.

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### Author: ![Devansh1106](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devansh1106/32/207983_2.png) [@Devansh1106](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devansh1106)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103/3 "2024-03-26T04:52:52Z")

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Yeah, you are right. I just checked I have a snap folder in my WSL directory. So now should uninstall julia and then reinstalled using MS store?  
But will it work with my WSL setup?

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-using-pkg-instantiate/112103/4 "2024-03-26T05:17:20Z")

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The Linux instructions are to run the following.

```julia
curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh

```