# Julia 0.7: Package BinDeps not found in current path

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400 "2018-08-13T18:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dpo/32/3335_2.png) [@dpo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpo)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/1 "2018-08-13T18:55:57Z")

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I’m trying to use BinDeps in AMD.jl with Julia 0.7 stable. The package looks for libamd, which ships with Julia but isn’t versioned. I wrote the simplest build.jl:

```julia
using BinDeps
@BinDeps.setup
libamd = library_dependency("libamd")
@BinDeps.install Dict(:libamd => :libamd)

```

BinDeps is installed. However:

```julia
julia> import Pkg

julia> Pkg.build("AMD")
  Building AMD → `~/.julia/packages/AMD/ROVkE/deps/build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `AMD`: 
│ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package BinDeps not found in current path:
│ - Run `Pkg.add("BinDeps")` to install the BinDeps package.

# etc...

julia> Pkg.add("BinDeps")
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
 Resolving package versions...
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Project.toml`
 [no changes]
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Manifest.toml`
 [no changes]

julia> Pkg.build("AMD")
  Building AMD → `~/.julia/packages/AMD/ROVkE/deps/build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `AMD`: 
│ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package BinDeps not found in current path:
│ - Run `Pkg.add("BinDeps")` to install the BinDeps package.

# etc...

```

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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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:** [August 13, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/2 "2018-08-13T19:04:49Z")

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Put `BinDeps` in the `REQUIRE` file.

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**Author:** ![dpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dpo/32/3335_2.png) [@dpo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpo)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/3 "2018-08-13T19:15:11Z")

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It already is in the REQUIRE file (in my local dev version).

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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:** [August 13, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/4 "2018-08-13T19:19:48Z")

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Could you upload that to a branch so I can test.

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**Author:** ![dpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dpo/32/3335_2.png) [@dpo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/5 "2018-08-14T04:51:07Z")

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Well, for some reason the issue went away. It’s probably my lack of understanding of how the new Pkg works. Sorry for the noise.

However, BinDeps doesn’t discover the libamd that ships with Julia. Is there a way to steer it in the right direction? I’m basically following the advice in [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26557#issuecomment-374963443](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26557#issuecomment-374963443).

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**Author:** ![SolySS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@SolySS](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SolySS)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-0-7-package-bindeps-not-found-in-current-path/13400/6 "2019-09-17T12:16:57Z")

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Hi Kristoffer,  
I am new to learn Julia and have a similar issue with BinDeps. Just wonder how to add BinDeps in REQUIRE file and what REQUIRE-file is?

Pkg.build(“LibPCL”)  
Building LibPCL → `~/.julia/dev/LibPCL/deps/build.log`  
Resolving package versions…  
┌ Error: Error building `LibPCL`:  
│ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package BinDeps not found in current path:  
│ - Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("BinDeps")` to install the BinDeps package.  
│  
│ Stacktrace:  
│ [1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:823  
│ [2] include at ./boot.jl:326 [inlined]  
│ [3] include\_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1038  
│ [4] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29  
│ [5] include(::String) at ./client.jl:403  
│ [6] top-level scope at none:0  
│ in expression starting at /home/vagrant/.julia/dev/LibPCL/deps/build.jl:1  
└ @ Pkg.Operations /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1075