# Install of ThinkJulia.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913 "2020-04-02T16:53:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![aquarelle332](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aquarelle332/32/20816_2.png) [@aquarelle332](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aquarelle332)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/1 "2020-04-02T16:53:56Z")

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Hello,

System: Kubuntu-18.04.4 LST  
Julia: JuliaPro\_v1.4.0-1

For my first steps in Julia, I am using Ben Lauwens book.

I would like to install ThinkJulia using the command as suggested in the book, i.e:  
add [https://github.com/BenLauwens/ThinkJulia.jl](https://github.com/BenLauwens/ThinkJulia.jl)

However, in (@v1.4) pkg\>, I obtain this error:

ERROR: could not find project file in package at [https://github.com/BenLauwens/ThinkJulia.jl](https://github.com/BenLauwens/ThinkJulia.jl)

Could you tell me how to circumvent this error?

Thank you in advance.  
Thierry

```julia

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**Author:** ![jebej](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jebej/32/1784_2.png) [@jebej](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jebej)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/2 "2020-04-02T18:59:30Z")

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It seems Julia 1.4 dropped support for REQUIRE files. I created an issue here [Julia 1.4 REQUIRE file support · Issue #1745 · JuliaLang/Pkg.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35345).

In the meantime, I checked that the package installation does work under Julia 1.3.1, so you can use that instead.

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**Author:** ![aquarelle332](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aquarelle332/32/20816_2.png) [@aquarelle332](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aquarelle332)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/3 "2020-04-02T21:13:08Z")

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Thank you for your reply, jebej.  
I installed JuliaPro-1.0.5-2 (LTS) and, indeed, I was able to _ad hoc_ packages. 🙂

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**Author:** ![aquarelle332](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aquarelle332/32/20816_2.png) [@aquarelle332](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aquarelle332)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/4 "2020-04-06T02:22:39Z")

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So, in conclusion to the thread you started on [Julia 1.4 REQUIRE file support · Issue #1745 · JuliaLang/Pkg.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/1745), it appears that Ben Lauwens should add a **Project.toml** file to his repository

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**Author:** ![BenLauwens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/benlauwens/32/2051_2.png) [@BenLauwens](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BenLauwens)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/5 "2020-04-07T07:45:48Z")

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Done!

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**Author:** ![aquarelle332](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aquarelle332/32/20816_2.png) [@aquarelle332](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aquarelle332)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-of-thinkjulia-jl/36913/6 "2020-04-07T09:23:18Z")

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Many thanks.  
Julia-1.4 works perfectly.