# Problems using QuickDraw

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-using-quickdraw/105101
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [October 18, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-using-quickdraw/105101 "2023-10-18T02:15:35Z")
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### Author: ![mpeters2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mpeters2/32/202247_2.png) [@mpeters2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mpeters2)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-using-quickdraw/105101/1 "2023-10-18T02:15:36Z")

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I saw this package/talk on how to make deployable stand-alone Julia Apps using Quickdraw\*:

here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxYAY5\_bfE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxYAY5_bfE)

and here: [Quickdraw: The simplest Julia package deployment system :: JuliaCon 2023 :: pretalx](https://pretalx.com/juliacon2023/talk/BXSCXM/)

The Github demo using minesweeper worked like charm, but when I tried to use a local project, I get this confusing errorfrom Pkg (and yes, the path does exist).

Any ideas?

```julia
julia version 1.9.3
This might take a while.
  Activating new project at `~/.julia/environments/MakieWald-1d`
ERROR: Path `/Users/MyAccount/Documents/Development/Julia/Makie-animation/Tutorial_02x10/MakieWald-1d.jl` does not exist.
Stacktrace:
 [1] pkgerror(msg::String)
   @ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/Types.jl:69
 [2] handle_repo_add!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkg::Pkg.Types.PackageSpec)
   @ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/Types.jl:746
 [3] handle_repos_add!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
   @ Pkg.Types /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/Types.jl:822
 [4] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Base.TTY, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.TTY}}})
   @ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/API.jl:255
 [5] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::Base.TTY, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
   @ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/API.jl:156
 [6] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
   @ Pkg.API /Applications/Julia-1.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Pkg/src/API.jl:145
 [7] add(; name::Nothing, uuid::Nothing, version::Nothing, url::String, rev::Nothing, path::Nothing, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, subdir::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
   @ Pkg.API ./boot.jl:0
 [8] top-level scope

```

P.S. I hate the name “QuickDraw”, because (1) it is the name of an old MacOS API, and (2) it is non-obvious what the package does.