# Quarto and Julia – how to set the python version to use?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933 "2023-01-13T18:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zdenek\_hurak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zdenek_hurak/32/53118_2.png) [@zdenek\_hurak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zdenek_hurak)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933/21 "2023-01-18T09:40:08Z")

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Ugh, indeed, even in your response it took me a few seconds to spot the difference. I can’t believe how this was in a blind spot for me. Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![zdenek\_hurak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zdenek_hurak/32/53118_2.png) [@zdenek\_hurak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zdenek_hurak)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933/22 "2023-01-18T09:43:21Z")

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And I just want to confirm that indeed, setting the QUARTO\_PYTHON is the clue.

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933/23 "2023-01-18T10:10:17Z")

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Don’t worry, I also read that several times before I thought “Wait a minute, that is not what he wanted to write”… and why I explicitly wrote that again 🙂 Great that it works now!

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quarto-and-julia-how-to-set-the-python-version-to-use/92933/24 "2023-06-30T15:37:45Z")

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After quite a while I managed to get all my setup working and wrote a small post about it on Forem, see [Render Quarto Tutorials in Documenter.jl with GitHub Actions - Julia Community 🟣](https://forem.julialang.org/kellertuer/render-quarto-tutorials-in-documenterjl-with-github-actions-3fo)

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