# Install julia chromebook

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [January 18, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522 "2020-01-18T15:27:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Luigi\_Marongiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luigi_marongiu/32/7909_2.png) [@Luigi\_Marongiu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luigi_Marongiu)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/1 "2020-01-18T15:27:45Z")

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Hello,  
is it possible to install Julia on an acer chromebook?  
shall I simply copy all on a folder a create a link on /usr/local/bin?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![recri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/recri/32/5280_2.png) [@recri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/recri)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/2 "2020-01-18T21:49:33Z")

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If the chromebook can run linux (beta): then start the linux container; download the appropriate Generic Linux Binary architecture for your chromebook from [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/); unpack the archive into …, ie somewhere inside the linux container; and run `.../julia-1.3.1/bin/julia`.

You must get the correct architecture or it won’t work.

For a more permanent installation, either add …/julia-1.3.1/bin to your default PATH environment, or `ln -s .../julia-1.3.1/bin/julia some-directory-already-in-your-default-PATH` .

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**Author:** ![Luigi\_Marongiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luigi_marongiu/32/7909_2.png) [@Luigi\_Marongiu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luigi_Marongiu)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/3 "2020-01-19T08:40:53Z")

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Thank you. I tried and seems to work so far. I copied Julia into /opt and created a link to /usr/bin. I got the julia’s prompt on the terminal.

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**Author:** ![Luigi\_Marongiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luigi_marongiu/32/7909_2.png) [@Luigi\_Marongiu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luigi_Marongiu)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/4 "2020-05-02T15:32:52Z")

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UPDATE: I removed the previous J 1.3 and replaced it with 1.4.1; I followed the previous stream by creating a folder in /opt and a link in /bin to /opt/julia/bin/julia. I ran `chmod +x julia` in order to have it run.  
But now, when i do `$ julia` I get: `julia: error while loading shared libraries: libjulia.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory`  
What is `libjulia.so.1` and why I did not get the same error before?  
I tried first to upgrade the core with `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade julia` but I got the installation of version 0.47.  
To confirm, I am using a chromebook and I downloaded the 64 bit version (julia-1.4.1-linux-x86\_64.tar.gz).  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![Luigi\_Marongiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luigi_marongiu/32/7909_2.png) [@Luigi\_Marongiu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luigi_Marongiu)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/5 "2020-05-03T12:59:19Z")

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I tried today to extract with tar (`tar -xzvf ...`) and it worked. Yesterday I used a chromebook’s extractor; probably the problem was in the extractor.

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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Cardoso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pedro_cardoso/32/42598_2.png) [@Pedro\_Cardoso](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pedro_Cardoso)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/6 "2022-09-11T19:36:49Z")

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Hello! I don’t even know if you will see this, but…

I just read your comments, since it will be mandatory in my Macroeconomics Class to use Pluto IDE (including to solve the tests) and I don’t have a computer. I only have a Chromebook and I have no way to invest in a computer at the moment.

Seeing your thread here made me hopeful I could actually run Julia using Linux. However, I’m not very savvy with the Linux terminal and I have been unable to, so far, install Julia following your directions.

If you have the chance, could you please give a detailed description of the steps I have to follow, including the code lines, to install and run Julia on my Acer Chromebook?

I would be very grateful, since you would actually be saving me from failing my University class!

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**Author:** ![Luigi\_Marongiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luigi_marongiu/32/7909_2.png) [@Luigi\_Marongiu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luigi_Marongiu)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/7 "2022-09-12T07:10:41Z")

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Dear Pedro,  
to tell the truth, I abandoned the use of Julia on Chromebook and purchased a laptop where I installed Linux. Now I am using Julia using Atom on that…

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**Author:** ![leonorscpimenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@leonorscpimenta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leonorscpimenta)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/8 "2022-09-17T21:52:09Z")

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Olá, Pedro! Estou exatamente com a mesma situação. Conseguiste instalar?

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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Cardoso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pedro_cardoso/32/42598_2.png) [@Pedro\_Cardoso](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pedro_Cardoso)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/9 "2022-10-02T14:50:06Z")

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Desculpa, só vi agora! Tentei ambas as versões de linux, mas independentemente da maneira que instalasse, fizesse unzip, tentasse cirar paths e containers para correr a aplicação, chegava sempre ao mesmo erro de que não existia o ficheiro de que estava à procura.

Já procurei em todo o lado como instalar, mas parece que não é algo popular o suficiente para que haja muita ajuda online. Se descobrires alguma maneira diz, pff.

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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-julia-chromebook/33522/10 "2022-10-02T15:24:38Z")

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hi @Pedro_Cardoso , @leonorscpimenta,

Nice to see undergrad students in economics looking for solutions in Julia Discourse. Apparently, Linux comes already installed in the Chromebook. See [here](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en). If Linux works in your Chromebooks, Julia will run.

We can check that out during the next couple of days.

VM