# Installation problem -- First time install give "Invalid instruction..." when starting julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** juliapro\
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643 "2020-03-28T14:55:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![rjmoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@rjmoses](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rjmoses)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/1 "2020-03-28T14:55:37Z")

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I just learned about julia and am interested in trying it. I downloaded JuliaPro-1.4.0-1\_build-87.sh and installed on a Linux Mint 19.2 system (runs under Virtualbox on a Windows 10 system).

When starting julia, either directly or under atom, I get the messages below. Any thoughts or help will be appreciated.

## Thank you

Invalid instruction at 0x7f34594c00f8: 0x66, 0x0f, 0x3a, 0x0f, 0xc0, 0x08, 0x0f, 0x83, 0x61, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0xc1, 0xe0

signal (4): Illegal instruction  
in expression starting at none:0  
\_ZN4llvm13LexicalScopes23assignInstructionRangesERNS\_15SmallVectorImplISt4pairIPKNS\_12MachineInstrES5\_EEERNS\_8DenseMapIS5\_PNS\_12LexicalScopeENS\_12DenseMapInfoIS5\_EENS\_6detail12DenseMapPairIS5\_SB\_EEEE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm13LexicalScopes10initializeERKNS\_15MachineFunctionE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm18LiveDebugVariables20runOnMachineFunctionERNS\_15MachineFunctionE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm19MachineFunctionPass13runOnFunctionERNS\_8FunctionE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm13FPPassManager13runOnFunctionERNS\_8FunctionE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm13FPPassManager11runOnModuleERNS\_6ModuleE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
\_ZN4llvm6legacy15PassManagerImpl3runERNS\_6ModuleE at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/../lib/julia/libLLVM-8.so (unknown line)  
operator() at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/jitlayers.cpp:356  
addModule at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/Orc/IRCompileLayer.h:84 [inlined]  
addModule at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/jitlayers.cpp:485  
jl\_add\_to\_ee at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/jitlayers.cpp:747 [inlined]  
jl\_finalize\_function at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/jitlayers.cpp:755  
getAddressForFunction at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/codegen.cpp:1414  
jl\_generate\_fptr at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/codegen.cpp:1510  
jl\_compile\_method\_internal at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/gf.c:1912  
\_jl\_invoke at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/gf.c:2153 [inlined]  
jl\_apply\_generic at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/gf.c:2322  
\_deepcopy\_array\_t at ./deepcopy.jl:103  
deepcopy\_internal at ./deepcopy.jl:96 [inlined]  
deepcopy at ./deepcopy.jl:30 [inlined]  
resize\_nthreads! at ./threads.jl:30  
resize\_nthreads! at ./threads.jl:26 [inlined]  
**init** at ./grisu/grisu.jl:27  
jfptr\_\_\_init\_\_\_4550 at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/lib/julia/sys.so (unknown line)  
\_jl\_invoke at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/gf.c:2144 [inlined]  
jl\_apply\_generic at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/gf.c:2322  
jl\_apply at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/julia.h:1692 [inlined]  
jl\_module\_run\_initializer at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/toplevel.c:74  
\_julia\_init at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/src/init.c:788  
main at /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/ui/repl.c:211  
\_\_libc\_start\_main at /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (unknown line)  
\_start at /home/rjmoses/Downloads/JuliaPro-1.4.0-1/Julia/bin/julia (unknown line)  
Allocations: 2504 (Pool: 2496; Big: 8); GC: 0

Julia has exited.  
Press Enter to start a new session.

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/2 "2020-03-28T15:30:55Z")

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Try downloading the normal julia binaries, rather than julia pro.

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/3 "2020-03-28T15:44:10Z")

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Hi @rjmoses Julia also works directly with Windows. Just download and run.  
I realise that you may prefer Mint as your development environment.

If you try the Julia binary as suggested by @pdeffebach please tell us how it goes.  
If you still have a problem I have a dual boot Windows 10 laptop and I can duplicate your setup.

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**Author:** ![rjmoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@rjmoses](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rjmoses)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/4 "2020-03-28T16:41:38Z")

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Thanks.

Downloaded plain julia (julia-1.4.0-linux-x86\_64.tar.gz) and get the same error when running ~/julia/bin/julia.

I do prefer Linux as a development environment and I run it under Virtualbox so i can take a snapshot when trying something new. That way, I can roll back and start over pretty easily.

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/5 "2020-03-28T19:43:43Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35215#issuecomment-602261291](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35215#issuecomment-602261291)

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**Author:** ![rjmoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@rjmoses](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rjmoses)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/6 "2020-03-29T14:21:52Z")

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Thanks for the hints to you and alea54. I tried downloading the pre-builts but they were giving me different kinds of problems so I ended up gitt’ing the source and building it with Make.user:

MARCH=amdfam10  
USE\_BINARYBUILDER=0

Seems to work OK so far. I must say I like a lot of the things I have seen so far.

Thanks again

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-problem-first-time-install-give-invalid-instruction-when-starting-julia/36643/7 "2023-09-12T16:41:32Z")

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