# How to start Julia REPL in VS CODE (Insiders) in specified conda environment?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-start-julia-repl-in-vs-code-insiders-in-specified-conda-environment/63505>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** pycall, pythoncall, conda\
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-start-julia-repl-in-vs-code-insiders-in-specified-conda-environment/63505 "2021-06-24T16:30:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-start-julia-repl-in-vs-code-insiders-in-specified-conda-environment/63505/2 "2021-06-26T01:16:53Z")

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VS Code Extension v. 1.2 and Command Palette Julia: Connect external REPL are solving the problem.

For additional info please see:

> [@\[ANN\] VS Code extension 1.2 released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vs-code-extension-1-2-released/62118):
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> Hey everyone, we just released version 1.2 of the Julia extension for VS Code, which brings a bunch of new features, most importantly a new plot navigator, integration for persistent tmux processes, many notable changes to static code analysis, and a new debugger UI that allows you to switch between compiled and interpreted mode on a per-function basis. Check out the [full changelog here](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md). As always, feel free to post issues over at [the julia-vscode repo](https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode) and enable crash reporting if possible…

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> [@External Julia REPL in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/external-julia-repl-in-vscode/50745/9):
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> I think the latest version of the Julia extension has native support for this so this hack isn’t necessary anymore IIUC.

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