# LoadError: could not spawn \`curl --version\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-could-not-spawn-curl-version/3367>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-could-not-spawn-curl-version/3367 "2017-04-25T07:20:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-could-not-spawn-curl-version/3367/3 "2017-04-25T15:39:07Z")

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```
"Windows10 doesn't ship curl, you should manually install it and add it to Path."

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Thanks. I am using JuliaPro (v0.5.1.1\_build-43) and made the apparently wrong assumption that in the distribution for Windows such tools are already integrated. After all the ‘publish()’ command is a basic one.

> [@ANN: The JuliaPro distribution by Julia Computing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-the-juliapro-distribution-by-julia-computing/1736):
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> Hello everyone, I want to make a quick announcement about the JuliaPro distribution that we at Julia Computing have put together and made available for download. The developer edition is free, and we also have an enterprise edition with paid support. It has taken us a long time to put together a distribution including Julia, Juno, and a variety of precompiled packages in one single download. We want to make Julia much easier for new users of Julia, and this is one small step in that direction. …

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