# Julia can not start inside Atom

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923 "2018-12-22T15:49:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/1 "2018-12-22T15:49:23Z")

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I can not make Julia run inside Atom.  
All the time I receive the following alert:

> ```
> Julia could not be started.
> We tried to launch Julia from:
> C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Julia-1.0.3\bin\julia.exe
> This path can be changed in the settings.
> 
> ```

 ![3inAtom](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/d/cd079c1077488d716fe4ba9c6d742b87149ffe79.jpeg)

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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:** [December 22, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/2 "2018-12-22T16:33:43Z")

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Is this path correct? (looks a little suspicious that the username is `user`\>

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/3 "2018-12-22T18:46:56Z")

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yes it is correct!!

![PathtoJulia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/8/c84c0fbd6cc0915264fb9fc753631536057842de.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![aortizb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aortizb/32/6513_2.png) [@aortizb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aortizb)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/4 "2018-12-22T20:52:28Z")

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If you execute julia.exe from the PowerShell or a cmd terminal, does it start?

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**Author:** ![Juan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juan/32/7657_2.png) [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/5 "2018-12-22T23:32:55Z")

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Maybe the antivirus or firewall are interfering?

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**Author:** ![Ininterrompue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ininterrompue/32/5594_2.png) [@Ininterrompue](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ininterrompue)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/6 "2018-12-23T02:04:45Z")

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I had a related problem that the REPL wouldn’t start inside Atom (not the exact error you got). I uninstalled and reinstalled julia-client, and restarted Atom.

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/7 "2018-12-24T09:55:04Z")

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> [@Ininterrompue](#):
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> I uninstalled and reinstalled julia-client, and restarted Atom.

I uninstalled and reinstalled julia-client, and restarted Atom and the same problem continues to occur.

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/8 "2018-12-24T09:57:45Z")

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No changes have been made regarding the security of the PC. And under those same conditions in version Julia 1.0.2 it was working without problems

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**Author:** ![zhangliye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zhangliye/32/3208_2.png) [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/9 "2018-12-24T18:21:33Z")

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The following two IDEs are very stable and easy to maintain.  
(1) VS code with Julia plugin. I almost never encounter software error. [VS Code Julia plugin](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=julialang.language-julia)

(2) PyCharm + Julia plugin [(PyCharm Julia plugin)]  
([Julia - IntelliJ IDEs Plugin | Marketplace](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10413-julia))

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/10 "2018-12-27T07:12:55Z")

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Thank you,  
You could help me set up Visual Studio Code [to run Julia.  
I am getting the following alert:

> Could not start the julia language server. Make sure the configuration setting julia.executablePath points to the julia binary.
> 
> ![VSC%26JULIA](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/a/7a4dce8345133e81231048cba93e489f84467cfb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![zhangliye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zhangliye/32/3208_2.png) [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/11 "2018-12-27T08:05:13Z")

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@HerAdri You should click `"WORKSPACESETTINGS"` as following and make sure the path is correct. VS code has two settings, “User settings” on the left and “workspace setting” on the right. Maybe, when there is only one setting, it just use that one. If you set both, vs code will use the ‘workspace setting’. After changing the setting, restart VS Code.

 ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/4/a4bc86832e02a0ec52e56856d1ff37ff4b4947bd.png)

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/12 "2018-12-27T09:24:45Z")

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The alert is maintained after the recommended setting!

 ![VSC%26JULIA2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/0/409568f3f5cefaa163c28754eb0201f22f32db58.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![zhangliye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zhangliye/32/3208_2.png) [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/13 "2018-12-27T09:45:35Z")

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It is not the problem of setting. I am using v0.11.0 Beta.2, on windows 10. I have tried Julia0.7, V1.02, and V1.03, there is no problem.

my `workspace settings` is as follows and you can remove the others and try again.

```julia
{
    "julia.executablePath": "C:\\Julia-1.0.3\\bin\\julia.exe"
}

```

It seems the problem in running `terminalserver.jl`@davidanthoff would know the details.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/14 "2018-12-27T10:03:52Z")

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What version of the VSCode plugin did you install?

Re the Juno issue: Did you try this?

> [@aortizb](#):
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> If you execute julia.exe from the PowerShell or a cmd terminal, does it start?

Try pasting the complete path into a cmd terminal.

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/15 "2018-12-27T10:25:51Z")

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> [@zhangliye](#):
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> It seems the problem in running `terminalserver.jl` @davidanthoff would know the details

Launching Julia from the Visual Studio Code terminal, it works

 ![VSC%26JULIA5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/a/8a40c3948e762ec4e4524e4c26cc2417944bdc46.jpeg) ![VSC%26JULIA4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/4/f4e3b585a86e3e4abc9698b6aab63fe723996f8b.jpeg) ![VSC%26JULIA3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/6/e60b6c2b574d72c1ac95b6de5f427fe0ca4869e9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/16 "2018-12-27T10:30:06Z")

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When I try to run a script from VSC in the terminal I receive the alert that I show in the figure

 ![VSC%26JULIA6](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/2/7287c7a41f6465d768b3bf24e05501bb60f67fd5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![zhangliye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zhangliye/32/3208_2.png) [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/17 "2018-12-27T11:21:33Z")

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You are using v0.10.3. Maybe you can install the v0.11.0 Beta2. Currently, both the language and IDE are updating. Sometimes, the errors are caused by the version problem. You can download the v0.11 from [V0.11 Beta2](https://github.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vscode/releases)  
**Step 1** : uninstall the old plugin  
**Step 2** : download the [language-julia-0.11.0-beta.2.vsix](https://github.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vscode/releases/download/v0.11.0-beta.2/language-julia-0.11.0-beta.2.vsix) from [Github](https://github.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vscode/releases).  
**Step 3** : Click `Install from VSIX...` Install the vsix file from vscode as follows.

 ![Capture2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/7/17fe858f512968e2a31dcc5be33df52bb5b261e5.png)

If it does not work, @davidanthoff would know the reason

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/18 "2018-12-27T11:54:08Z")

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Thanks, problem solved !!

 ![VSC%26JULIA7](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/c/dcf61f2e34952137874390535a12d34424a28806.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![HerAdri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heradri/32/5816_2.png) [@HerAdri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HerAdri)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/19 "2019-01-10T08:07:30Z")

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Help me.  
Please, I still continue without being able to run Julia within Atom. I continue with the same problem:  
Julia could not be started.

```julia
We tried to launch Julia from:
C: \ Users \ user \ AppData \ Local \ Julia-1.0.3 \ bin \ julia.exe
This path can be changed in the settings.

```

I have changed the Path in all possible ways, I have insatalod Julia and Atom countless times.  
I do not know what else to do!!!

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-can-not-start-inside-atom/18923/20 "2019-01-10T08:38:34Z")

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Two things you could try:

1. Are there any errors in the Atom developer console (open with Ctrl-Shift-I)?
2. What happens if you start a terminal (e.g. `cmd`) and paste the complete path you entered in the julia-client settings?

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