How to see list of available Package Versions? (AKA how to downgrade because Turing crashes?)

General Usage
,
1

I installed the latest Turing and now I can’t “using Turing” because:


julia> using Turing
ERROR: InitError: UndefVarError: Params not defined
Stacktrace:
  [1] top-level scope
    @ none:1
  [2] eval
    @ ./boot.jl:373 [inlined]
  [3] define_typeinf_code2()
    @ IRTools.Inner ~/.julia/packages/IRTools/BpoqK/src/reflection/reflection.jl:21
  [4] __init__()
    @ IRTools.Inner ~/.julia/packages/IRTools/BpoqK/src/IRTools.jl:37
  [5] _include_from_serialized(path::String, depmods::Vector{Any})
    @ Base ./loading.jl:768

This was working fine yesterday so I’d like to downgrade, but how do I find out what downgrade versions there are?

(BTW: I just guessed and did ] add Turing@0.8.1 and that now works, but I still want to know how to find out what versions are available).

2

https://github.com/TuringLang/Turing.jl/releases

3

so there isn’t any Pkg command that lets you list em?

4

that’s from 18 months ago…

5

yeah, holy cow. Now I will have to see what the hell is holding it back!

6 
(@v1.7) pkg> add Turing@0.18.0
    Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General.toml`
   Resolving package versions...
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package Libtask [6f1fad26]:
 Libtask [6f1fad26] log:
 ├─possible versions are: 0.1.1-0.5.3 or uninstalled
 ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with Turing [fce5fe82] to versions: [0.4.0-0.4.2, 0.5.3]
 │ └─Turing [fce5fe82] log:
 │   ├─possible versions are: 0.5.0-0.18.0 or uninstalled
 │   └─restricted to versions 0.18.0 by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions 0.18.0
 ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with AdvancedPS [576499cb] to versions: 0.5.3
 │ └─AdvancedPS [576499cb] log:
 │   ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.2.4 or uninstalled
 │   └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Turing [fce5fe82] to versions: 0.2.4
 │     └─Turing [fce5fe82] log: see above
 └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Libtask_jll [3ae2931a] to versions: 0.1.1-0.4.2 or uninstalled — no versions left
   └─Libtask_jll [3ae2931a] log:
     ├─possible versions are: 0.3.0-0.5.1 or uninstalled
     └─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: [0.3.0-0.3.2, 0.5.0-0.5.1] or uninstalled

Seems like because I"m running Julia 1.7.0-beta3 that Libtask can’t hit 0.5.3 and hence Turing is held WAY back.

Installed Libtask#master and it updated Turing to 0.18.0 so I guess problem solved!

BUT: it still seems like it’d be good to have a Pkg command to list available versions?

7

You probably don’t want to set any compat for your environment but you can use PackageCompatUI to get a list of all releases and their registration dates:

(@v1.6) pkg> add PackageCompatUI
(@v1.6) pkg> activate --temp
(jl_k7HOZz) pkg> add Turing
julia> using PackageCompatUI
julia> compat_ui()
Save and quit: q, Help: ?
 > julia                                   
   Turing

Move the cursor to Turing and hit return or right arrow:

Turing: 
 > [ ] 0.5.0               2018-09-19
   [ ] 0.5.1               2018-10-12
   [ ] 0.6.0               2018-12-10
   [ ] 0.6.1               2018-12-10
   [ ] 0.6.2               2018-12-14
   [ ] 0.6.4               2018-12-29
   [ ] 0.6.5               2019-01-19
   [ ] 0.6.6               2019-01-24
   [ ] 0.6.7               2019-02-04
   [ ] 0.6.8               2019-02-07
   [ ] 0.6.9               2019-02-18
   [ ] 0.6.11              2019-03-05
   [ ] 0.6.12              2019-03-12
   [ ] 0.6.13              2019-03-20
   [ ] 0.6.14              2019-03-29
   [ ] 0.6.15              2019-04-17
   [ ] 0.6.17              2019-04-25
   [ ] 0.6.18              2019-07-06
   [ ] 0.6.19              2019-07-24
v  [ ] 0.6.21              2019-07-24

Navigate with up and down arrows to see the release history. Hit ‘q’ to leave without setting any compat.

4 Likes