# Problem to start Julia in Atom

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206 "2020-02-27T01:21:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/1 "2020-02-27T01:21:05Z")

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Hi guys. I am new to Julia and Atom. Recently I experienced problems with Atom while running some Julia code. Hence I had to reinstall form the begging either Julia and Atom. I was aware of the fact that I had to add the Path of Julia in ‘config.cson’ of Atom under “julia-client” part of it. I did so but still when I try to run Julia on REPL of Atom it does not do so. Please find following the content of my ‘config.cson’ of Atom:

```julia
"*":
  "autocomplete-plus":
    confirmCompletion: "tab always, enter when suggestion explicitly selected"
  editor:
    scrollPastEnd: true
  "exception-reporting":
    userId: "9e4238e0-8faa-41ed-ba33-5b1b87c8b276"
  "julia-client":
    firstBoot: false
    uiOptions:
      enableMenu: true
      enableToolBar: true
  "tool-bar":
    position: "Left"
  "uber-juno":
    disable: true

```

could you please help me solve this problem.

Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Cheers.

Ergnoor

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/2 "2020-02-27T02:47:41Z")

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This is what my Julia-client configuration looks like:

```julia
  "julia-client":
    firstBoot: false
    juliaPath: "C:\\Users\\PKrysl\\AppData\\Local\\Julia-1.3.1\\bin\\julia.exe"
    uiOptions:
      enableMenu: true
      errorNotifications: false

```

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/3 "2020-02-27T02:56:00Z")

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Hi Petr and thank you for your time and support. As I mentioned before I already changed the “julia-client” part of the file ‘config.cson’ as follows:

```julia
"julia-client":
    firstBoot: false
    juliaPath: "/home/xxxx_xx/Documents/julia-1.3.1/bin/julia"
    uiOptions:
      enableMenu: true
      enableToolBar: true

```

hence I added the path to Julia execution file, but it did not solve the problem.

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/4 "2020-02-27T02:59:06Z")

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And `/home/xxxx_xx/Documents/julia-1.3.1/bin/julia` actually runs Julia? When you try it in the terminal, for instance.

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/5 "2020-02-27T03:03:59Z")

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in terminal I just type ‘julia’ and then press enter and Julia runs ok.

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/6 "2020-02-27T03:10:45Z")

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Then try juliaPath: “julia”. But what about the absolute path `/home/xxxx_xx/Documents/julia-1.3.1/bin/julia`? Is that a correct path?

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/7 "2020-02-27T03:21:39Z")

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I tried with juliaPath: “julia” and did not work. I remember that with the old version of Atom and Julia in file ‘config.cson’ of Atom the part for path to Julia was juliaPath: “/home/xxxx\_xx/Documents/julia-1.1.0/bin/julia” and the path to julia.exe file in my computer is “/home/xxxx\_xx/Documents/julia-1.3.1/bin/julia”.

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-to-start-julia-in-atom/35206/8 "2020-02-27T05:00:34Z")

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Just to make it clear to readers of this question, I found out what the problem was. The new version of Atom was not installed properly in that sense that the old version of Atom was still in place although I erased it. I did reinstall the new version of Atom and did the following using the the command line in terminal:

```julia
apm uninstall ink

apm uninstall julia-client

apm uninstall language-julia

apm uninstall tool-bar

apm uninstall latex-completions

apm uninstall indent-detective

apm uninstall uber-juno

```

to make sure there are no old Julia-based Atom packages lurking around. Then install Julia-based Atom packages with the following commands:

```julia
apm install uber-juno

apm install ink

apm install julia-client

apm install language-julia

apm install tool-bar

apm install latex-completions

apm install indent-detective

```