Trouble installing/setting up Julia 1.5.3

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I am a new user and am having trouble setting up Julia 1.5.3., despite following the instructions here: Installation Instructions · Juno Documentation. (I am using Windows 10 and I downloaded 64-bit (installer). I made it as far as step 3 of the installation guide. When I then hit Enter in the REPL, I get the following error message:

“Julia could not be started. ‘“C:\Users\Michael\Julia 1.5.3”’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. We tried to launch Julia from: C:\Users\Michael\Julia 1.5.3 This path can be changed in the settings.”

I also tried “C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Julia-1.5.3\bin\julia.exe.” Apparently this is not the right file path either…I’ve attached a screenshot from my file explorer showing where I installed Julia.

Julia
Julia1056×321 23.6 KB

Apologies if this is a dumb question. I don’t have a very good understanding of file paths, and how they work.

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Hello Michael. I use Windows 10 also. Please take this advice which I give here frequently.
Use the Chocolately package manager to install Julia on Windows
Please, please install Chocolatey then post here. i am happy to help

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I also have to say this - I love Atom and worked with Juno. I really, really like Atom.
Sad to say this is now not being developed. The advice is to use VSCode.

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Thanks for the suggestions, johnh.I just downloaded VSCode (I am going to hold off on Chocolatey for the moment.) I’m reading the Julia for VSCode instructions here: https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode#installing-juliavs-codevs-code-julia-extension. When I search for Julia under extensions, I see Julia 1.0.10 (Julia Language Support, it says underneath). Is this what I should be downloading? I thought that 1.5.3 was the latest version.

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Can you check C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Julia-1.5.3\bin\julia.exe is that really where Julia is installed? On my Windows 10 machine it’s under C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia 1.5.3\bin\julia.exe.

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Michael, if you are in VSCode can you just start the Julia REPL then run:

versioninfo()

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Hello, here is another screenshot that I think shows the location:

Julia_path
Julia_path1185×299 16.4 KB

So it seems to me that C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia 1.5.3 is the location. (Is this correct?) But sadly this still gives the same error…

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Thanks for the help! It says version 1.5.3, so looks like it set up correctly!

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I would check the Julia 1.5.3\bin directory verify that there is a file “julia.exe”. If you are NOT showing file extensions then it will just be “julia” by have a Type of “Application”. Then I would click the “Location” bar, the whole path should then be highlighted, copy it with Ctrl-C then paste that into the Julia Client config and add the \julia.exe. That should ensure that the path is correct and you didn’t typo anything.

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Thanks for the detailed instructions. I did exactly that, but now when I go to the REPL and hit enter, it just says “Julia has exited. Press Enter to start a new session.” :frowning:

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I do not have the smarts to find the julia.executablePath variable in my VSCode settings… sorry
My REPL reports version 1.5.3

Please try installing Julia using Chocolatey?

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Hi Johnh, I have Julia up and running with VSCode, so I’m all set! (pixel27 was helping me out with Atom, but I couldn’t quite figure it out.) Oh well, I only need one editor!

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Yaaayyy!

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