# No Julia option in packages menu
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [November 6, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067 "2021-11-06T21:22:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Reddeerpie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Reddeerpie)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/1 "2021-11-06T21:22:06Z")
Hi,
I want to open a console , there is no julia option in the packages menu and the hot key option doesn’t work . Any ideas as to what the problem might be ?
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/2 "2021-11-07T07:50:05Z")
Can you give more details? What system are you talking about? How did you install Julia? What is the “packages menu” and what is the “hotkey”?
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### Author:  [@gustaphe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gustaphe)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/3 "2021-11-07T09:20:57Z")
While waiting for the context needed to answer your actual question, here’s the normal way to start a Julia repl:
1. Open a terminal (Windows Terminal/Mac terminal/[if you’re on Linux you already know which terminal you use])
2. Write `julia`
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### Author:  [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/4 "2021-11-07T13:38:44Z")
> [@gustaphe](#):
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> - Open a terminal (Windows Terminal/Mac terminal/[if you’re on Linux you already know which terminal you use])
> - Write `julia`
This won’t work by default if `julia` is not in the PATH, which is not the case by default on Mac or Windows. Instead, on Mac and Windows you normally double-click on the Julia program.
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### Author:  [@gustaphe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gustaphe)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/5 "2021-11-07T15:06:24Z")
I don’t know if I had to manually add Julia to path on windows, but maybe I did. It’s just a reflex at this point.
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/6 "2021-11-07T15:49:07Z")
It used to be entirely manual, since 1.6 (I believe) the Windows installer offer the option to add to path, although it is not selected by default. Also it adds it to the end of the list, so if another version of Julia is already installed, `julia` will continue to start that older version unless one reorders the entries.
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### Author:  [@Reddeerpie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Reddeerpie)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/7 "2021-11-08T15:07:20Z")
I think I was following some bad instructions, sorry I am new to this , I had a good play with Julia/Juno over the weekend and made good progress. Thanks for all your help.
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### Author:  [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-julia-option-in-packages-menu/71067/8 "2021-11-08T16:46:47Z")
At least on Windows one can install [Julia from the Windows Store](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/julia/9njnww8pvkmn) now and then `julia` will be on the `PATH` without any extra configuration, and it also shows up as a profile in Windows Terminal, in addition to the traditional start menu option. We could probably start to recommend that as the default way to install Julia on Windows, it has been very stable and working well for a couple of months now… Plus folks get auto-update notifications when new Julia versions are released 🙂