Pumas installation without the automatic juliaup install?

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I’m trying to set up Pumas in VS Code on a school-managed Windows desktop that requires IT administrator approval for software installation.

During the initial setup in VS Code, I was prompted to install the Julia language, but I had to close that installation window before obtaining IT approval. After that, I’ve been unable to re-trigger the Julia installation prompt, and VS Code no longer detects Julia.

I’d appreciate guidance on any of the following:

  • How to re-trigger the Julia installation prompt in VS Code
  • How to manually configure VS Code to recognize an existing or IT-installed Julia executable
  • Whether there is a portable or non-admin Julia installation workflow that works well with Pumas and VS Code

For context, I’m on Windows, using VS Code, and I have already installed the Julia VS Code extension.

Any advice, best practices, or links to relevant documentation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Welcome! You should be able to set the extension setting to the path where Julia is installed manually. Within settings:

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Hi mbauman, thank you very much for the guidance — I really appreciate it.

I followed your suggestion and configured the Julia: Executable Path in VS Code to point to the Julia installation provided by IT. VS Code now recognizes the Julia executable correctly and is able to start the Julia REPL.

However, I’m still encountering errors when loading Pumas-related packages. I’m seeing repeated
LoadError: SystemError: opening file ... No such file or directory messages for files under .julia/packages/. Specifically, I’ve encountered errors for:

  • Pumas (missing files under .julia/packages/Pumas/.../src/)
  • NCA (missing files under .julia/packages/NCA/.../src/)
  • NCA extensions (e.g., missing ext/CADynamicQuantitiesExt.jl)

I’ve attached one representative screenshot, but the same type of error occurs across these packages.

It seems that some package files may be missing or that the installation may be incomplete, possibly due to the earlier interrupted setup. I would appreciate any advice on the best next steps (e.g., whether a clean re-instantiation of packages or resetting the Julia depot would be recommended).

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Thank you again for your help!

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It looks like you haven’t installed Pumas. Have you followed these steps?

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Hi @mbauman, thank you for the reply.

Yes, I did follow the steps in the documentation and installed the Pumas VS Code extension. During the initial setup, VS Code prompted me to install the Julia language. However, because I am on a school-managed machine, I need IT administrator approval before proceeding with any language installation, so I had to close that pop-up at the time.

At this point, I’m unable to find a way to re-trigger the Julia installation prompt in VS Code. That pop-up is what I need in order to proceed with the IT-admin–approved installation of Julia. I’ve already installed (and reinstalled) the Pumas VS Code extension across multiple versions (2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.7.0, and 2.7.1), but I still can’t find a way to initiate the Julia language installation again.

Thank you for any advice, and I really appreciate all the responses.