# Setting 'Package Server' for JuliaHub (WSL)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-package-server-for-juliahub-wsl/67066>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-package-server-for-juliahub-wsl/67066 "2021-08-26T21:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![banksiaboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/banksiaboy/32/27032_2.png) [@banksiaboy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/banksiaboy)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-package-server-for-juliahub-wsl/67066/1 "2021-08-26T21:33:56Z")

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Because I’m a fool for _platform independence_ I just tried the JuliaHub extension for vscode in WSL. I’m very much looking forward to using it.

[The documentation](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JuliaComputing.juliahub&ssr=false#overview) says:

_Also make sure that you’re connected to the right package server, with one of the following options:_

- Set the Julia: Package Server setting to [https://juliahub.com](https://juliahub.com).
- Set the JULIA\_PKG\_SERVER environment variable to [https://juliahub.com](https://juliahub.com) globally or in ~/.julia/config/startup.jl.\*

1. Where do I set this? I think I eventually found THREE possible locations, none of which offered up any no-error response from the plugin. This is my favorite:  

2. How does authentication get initiated?

Somewhere in the torrent of search results I saw that authentication happens once the `Package Server` is set. Google search has very bad signal-to-noise sometimes.

P.S. I did try the environment variable `JULIA_PKG_SERVER ` within WSL to no effect. Starting vs-code from the command-line as `code .`

I also tried starting `Visual Studio Code` from windows. . Both ways connected to WSL, found Julia, and allowed remote install of the `JuliaHub` extension.

It seems that WSL adds extra tabs for configuration, which cover `JULIA_PKG_SERVER ` They don’t seem to work for me…

I use vs-code remotely quite a lot and have generally found it to be very solid.

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**Author:** ![banksiaboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/banksiaboy/32/27032_2.png) [@banksiaboy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/banksiaboy)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-package-server-for-juliahub-wsl/67066/2 "2021-08-26T21:41:32Z")

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I’ll go and try it on` Ubuntu 20.04` to see if its easier outside of WSL/remote

I just tried on `Ubuntu 20.04 LTS`, with the environment variable. It just worked. I think the vscode settings approach might need more testing to document or improve the implementation on WSL.

Ooh - this is fun!