# Precompile Package Error: " IOError: could not spawn setenv"

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-package-error-ioerror-could-not-spawn-setenv/101743>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-package-error-ioerror-could-not-spawn-setenv/101743 "2023-07-18T16:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-package-error-ioerror-could-not-spawn-setenv/101743/3 "2023-08-14T14:00:47Z")

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For the record, based on the thread [Could not spawn setenv error - #5 by giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-not-spawn-setenv-error/102734/5) the problem may be that the Julia package in PopOS is broken. You may want to use the [official binaries](https://julialang.org/downloads/), or use [juliaup](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup) to automatically manage multiple installations.

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