# Julia osx 0.5 not starting

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [December 16, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000 "2016-12-16T20:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_McConochie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jason\_McConochie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jason_McConochie)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/1 "2016-12-16T20:10:29Z")

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Just downloaded Julia DMG v0.5 for osx and it is not starting. I get two terminal windows opening but there is only a unix prompt, no julia REPL. I notice the Julia menu appears briefly and then disappears. Have tried 0.5 and 0.6 - same problem.

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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/2 "2016-12-16T20:46:46Z")

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What version of OSX?

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**Author:** ![Jason\_McConochie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jason\_McConochie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jason_McConochie)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/3 "2016-12-16T20:51:03Z")

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macOS Sierra Version 10.12.2 (16C67)

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ihnorton/32/26_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/4 "2016-12-16T22:23:35Z")

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Try changing dir into the .app bundle directory from a terminal, and running `Contents/MacOS/Julia`. You might get more descriptive messages.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_McConochie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jason\_McConochie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jason_McConochie)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/5 "2016-12-17T05:22:47Z")

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Just getting the following message.

2016-12-17 06:21:54.198 Julia[2053:59684] App did finish launching

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**Author:** ![Jason\_McConochie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jason\_McConochie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jason_McConochie)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/6 "2016-12-17T08:02:24Z")

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Created a new user account on the same machine and Julia runs perfectly, so what at the user account settings which might affect Julia starting correctly. I’ve deleted all .bashrc, .profile, … still it is not starting in the original account.

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**Author:** ![simonbyrne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simonbyrne/32/19_2.png) [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/7 "2016-12-17T11:13:58Z")

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Where did you install the .app? Can you also try

```julia
<Juliaappdir>/Contents/Resources/script

```

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**Author:** ![Jason\_McConochie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jason\_McConochie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jason_McConochie)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/8 "2016-12-18T06:01:28Z")

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App was installed from .dmg and it goes to /Contents/MacOS  
However, remarkably Julia is now starting - both 0.5 and 0.6. The reason is unclear. I had made all sorts of adjustments moving all Library/Preferences, running Disk Utility First Aid, deleting .bash\_profile, .profile files but none of that worked. Only two things may have worked is cleaning up my Desktop (I deleted a few files) or plugging in and running my TimeMachine backup. So fixed but not solved. Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-osx-0-5-not-starting/1000/9 "2016-12-19T11:41:03Z")

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Puzzling. If you ever figure it out, let us know so we can try to fix the issue.