# I am not able to use julia in vscode

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**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-not-able-to-use-julia-in-vscode/76112 "2022-02-09T19:14:25Z")\
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copy-pasting from the instructions under the Julia extension:

> Getting started
> 
> ### Installing Julia/VS Code/VS Code Julia extension
> 
> 1. Install Julia for your platform: [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/)
> 2. Install VS Code for your platform: [Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) At the end of this step you should be able to start VS Code.
> 3. Choose `Install` in the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=julialang.language-julia); or manually install with:
> 4. Start VS Code.
> 5. Inside VS Code, go to the extensions view either by executing the `View: Show Extensions` command (click View-\>Command Palette…) or by clicking on the extension icon on the left side of the VS Code window.
> 6. In the extensions view, simply search for the term `julia` in the marketplace search box, then select the extension named `Julia` and click the install button. You might have to restart VS Code after this step.
> 
> ### Configure the Julia extension
> 
> If you have installed Julia into a standard location on Mac or Windows, or if the Julia binary is on your `PATH` , the Julia VS Code extension should automatically find your Julia installation and you should not need to configure anything.
> 
> If the extension does not find your Julia installation automatically, or if you want to use a different Julia installation than the default one, you can set the `julia.executablePath` to point to the Julia executable that the extension should use. In that case the extension will always use that version of Julia. To edit your configuration settings, execute the `Preferences: Open User Settings` command (you can also access it via the menu `File->Preferences->Settings` ), and then make sure your user settings include the `julia.executablePath` setting. The format of the string should follow your platform specific conventions, and be aware that the backlash `\` is the escape character in JSON, so you need to use `\\` as the path separator character on Windows.

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