# Julia in VScode SSH : I have no "julia.executablePath" in settings.json

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** vscode, ssh\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729 "2022-12-16T11:08:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sim/32/22207_2.png) [@sim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729/1 "2022-12-16T11:08:23Z")

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Hi, I want to use Julia on VSCode through the extension RemoteSSH. Julia is well installed on the remote machine and I know the path of the executable.  
When launching VSCode on the remote, I get the error message

```julia
Could not start the Julia language server. Make sure the `julia.executablePath` setting points to the Julia binary.

```

However, there is no `julia.executablePath` in the settings of my Julia extension (see picture, left), I don’t know why. I reinstalled the extension but with no improvement.

When I manually add this variable to `settings.json` as showned in the picture (right), it is greyed out and the path is still not recognized.

Could this be linked with the use of RemoteSSH ? On my local machine, the Julia extension has this `julia.executablePath` variable and I can set it without any problem.

What could I do ?

Picture illustrating the two phenomena:

 ![vscode_julia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/0/9/09403847a2e47315047789b1ad57415e5ff9a9da.png)

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729/2 "2022-12-16T12:01:15Z")

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If you didn’t set it, it will not appear in the settings.json file.  
You can find it here:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/2/a29e2b6d98063f769e166cc77f37f761deae179d.png)

And I think you need to set the complete path including the executable itself. Not only the path to the executable.

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**Author:** ![sim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sim/32/22207_2.png) [@sim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729/3 "2022-12-16T13:08:41Z")

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Hi, thank you for your answer but I had already checked this solution, and `executablePath` is nowhere to be found nor set in the extension settings, see pic below (it’s not below either).

 ![vscode_julia_2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/a/1a6089cf1d3aa20e83cd7a4d0d0b51645dc34384.png)

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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 16, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729/4 "2022-12-16T13:21:20Z")

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Check the `Remote` tab at the top of your settings.

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**Author:** ![sim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sim/32/22207_2.png) [@sim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-ssh-i-have-no-julia-executablepath-in-settings-json/91729/5 "2022-12-16T13:26:26Z")

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Ok. Thanks. Many thanks.