# Is vscode needed
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [April 23, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805 "2023-04-23T05:01:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@VISHWARATH\_T](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VISHWARATH_T)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805/1 "2023-04-23T05:01:49Z")
Hello,
I am getting an error when using the VScode “Could not start the Julia language server. Make sure the `julia.executablePath` setting is valid” Is this going to be a problem in the getting started phase?
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### Author:  [@SteffenPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SteffenPL)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805/2 "2023-04-23T05:20:53Z")
If Julia is not added to the `PATH` environment variable of your system, then you need to provide the Julia installation path manually.
The instructions for that are given here:
[https://www.julia-vscode.org/docs/dev/gettingstarted/#Configuring-the-Julia-extension](https://www.julia-vscode.org/docs/dev/gettingstarted/#Configuring-the-Julia-extension)
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### Author:  [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805/3 "2023-04-23T07:55:08Z")
Before VSCode and its Julia extenstion you need to install Julia itself from [https://julialang.org](https://julialang.org).
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### Author:  [@lrnv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lrnv)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-needed/97805/4 "2023-04-23T16:57:36Z")
I suggest using `juliaup` to install Julia, it will automatically setup your path as required. If you already installed Julia, uninstall it and reinstall it with juliaup.
Welcome to the community 🙂