# JSON in Julia

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, package, json
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016 "2020-04-04T12:47:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![JeffLYU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JeffLYU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffLYU)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016/1 "2020-04-04T12:47:59Z")

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When i tried to install JSON, error message pop up, not sure how to fix it.

 ![JSON in Julia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/c/3c5904b06287358b34f42dbf5e618af1fda792c8.jpeg)

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### Author: ![dmolina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dmolina/32/5246_2.png) [@dmolina](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmolina)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016/2 "2020-04-04T13:00:01Z")

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Try to install JSON3, it is the package I usually use.

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### Author: ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016/3 "2020-04-05T12:41:05Z")

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Very odd, works for me in v1.4 on Windows - maybe nuke your `.julia` folder and start again?

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### Author: ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-in-julia/37016/4 "2020-04-05T13:31:33Z")

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What does `pkg> status` print? i.e. what else do you have installed that might have conflicting JSON requirements?

PS. Please _don’t_ post screenshots. Copy and paste the text, and post it as [quoted code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530).