# Segmentation Fault using packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-packages/125458>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 1, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-packages/125458 "2025-02-01T17:06:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![kurt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kurt/32/210394_2.png) [@kurt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kurt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-packages/125458/1 "2025-02-01T17:06:45Z")

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Help! Every time i try using Julia’s package help in the REPL, i.e. “]”, i get a segmentation error, and julia quits. Here is the output from versioninfo():

Julia Version 1.11.3  
Commit d63adeda50d (2025-01-21 19:42 UTC)  
Build Info:  
Official [https://julialang.org/](https://julialang.org/) release  
Platform Info:  
OS: Linux (x86\_64-linux-gnu)  
CPU: 4 × Intel(R) Core™ i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz  
WORD\_SIZE: 64  
LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, sandybridge)  
Threads: 4 default, 0 interactive, 2 GC (on 4 virtual cores)  
Environment:  
LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH = /opt/openfoam12/thirdparty/platforms/linux64Gcc/gperftools-svn/lib:/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu:/opt/openfoam12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib/paraview-5.10:/opt/openfoam12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib/openmpi-system:/opt/openfoam12/thirdparty/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib/openmpi-system:/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/lib:/home/kurt/OpenFOAM/kurt-12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib:/opt/site/12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib:/opt/openfoam12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib:/opt/openfoam12/thirdparty/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32/lib:/opt/openfoam12/platforms/linux64GccDPInt32Opt/lib/dummy  
JULIA\_NUM\_THREADS = 4

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**Author:** ![leespen1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/leespen1/32/221928_2.png) [@leespen1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leespen1)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-packages/125458/2 "2025-02-01T18:42:23Z")

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I was having a similar issue a while ago (still version 1.11, but it might have been 1.11.2).

Should you have LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH set? Try doing `unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH ` on the command line before running again. I think that is what fixed my situation (I may have also uninstalled and reinstalled Julia).

If that works, make sure you aren’t setting LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH in your bashrc so the problem doesn’t happen in the future.

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**Author:** ![kurt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kurt/32/210394_2.png) [@kurt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kurt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/segmentation-fault-using-packages/125458/3 "2025-02-01T19:45:03Z")

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Spencer,

Thank you for that suggestion, it seems to work well.

regards,

Kurt