# Julia executable path

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [May 12, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936 "2025-05-12T23:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![KZ-Spectra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@KZ-Spectra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZ-Spectra)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936/1 "2025-05-12T23:31:29Z")

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I am trying to get Julia to work in Vscode on Ubuntu.

> $ which julia  
> /snap/bin/julia

> “julia.executablePath”: “/snap/bin/julia”

But Julia is not recognized. Am I using the correct path?

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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936/2 "2025-05-13T00:00:10Z")

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Can’t you install the language using the recommended method?

If you install using `juliaup`, the path should be automatically set:

```julia
curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh

```

See [Install Julia](https://julialang.org/install)

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**Author:** ![dqeeq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dqeeq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dqeeq)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936/3 "2025-05-13T00:23:01Z")

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What happens if you leave “julia.executablePath” empty?

BTW, why don’t you consider installing via [juliaup](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup), as mentioned above.

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**Author:** ![KZ-Spectra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@KZ-Spectra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZ-Spectra)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-executable-path/128936/4 "2025-05-13T18:46:54Z")

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The motivation was to use Ubuntu’s Snap package system. I’ve since changed to using Pop!\_OS and proceeded to follow the recommended method successfully.