# Trying to get remote REPL working between Windows computers

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [May 15, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537 "2020-05-15T17:07:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![klaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/klaff/32/7637_2.png) [@klaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klaff)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537/1 "2020-05-15T17:07:08Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to do use ftp-remote-edit to allow editing and executing code on another machine.

Both machines are running Windows 10 and Julia 1.4.1.

I have openSSH running on the remote machine and I can log in from the local machine using ssh (and run Julia manually) and I can copy files with sftp.

Inside Juno on the local machine, I set up the info for the remote machine, and I can view the directory structure of the remote machine, so Atom is successfully accessing the remote computer. However, when I try to open a file, I get an error like:

```julia
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'C:\Users\klaff\AppData\Local\Temp\146a62c9\REMOTE_MACHINE\D:\topdir\lowerdir\somefile.jl

```

I assume the `D:` in the middle of that path (present because the remote machine is a windows box!) is invalid in the path name and prevents the file from actually getting copied to the local temp folder.

In addition, when I try to run the remote REPL, I get a different error, coming from remote.js.

Both of these errors show up briefly in a popup window, but other than doing a quick screen capture, I’m not sure where to find them to copy/paste. For the file errror, not a big deal, but for the error in remote.js, it’s a lot of text and much of it doesn’t fit in the popup.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537/2 "2020-05-15T18:35:43Z")

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Juno doesn’t support connections to Windows servers at the moment. Also see

> <https://github.com/JunoLab/Juno.jl/issues/365>
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> Ref https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/616. 
> This is probably …as easy as not hardcoding \`/bin/sh\`, but who knows -- it's windows after all.

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**Author:** ![klaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/klaff/32/7637_2.png) [@klaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klaff)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537/3 "2020-05-15T21:34:10Z")

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So if I run linux in a VM on the remote host, is using that supported from a local Windows instance?

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**Author:** ![klaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/klaff/32/7637_2.png) [@klaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klaff)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-get-remote-repl-working-between-windows-computers/39537/4 "2020-05-16T01:16:54Z")

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I’m trying something a little simpler - running Julia in Windows Subsystem for Linux.

I’ve got the remote file stuff working. I can add directories, create new files, edit them across sftp.

When trying to Start Remote Julia Process, I get

```julia
Remote Julia session could not be started.
We tried to launch Julia from julia but the process failed with 127.
Please make sure your settings are correct.

```

If I ssh to the remote machine, I can just type `julia` and the interpreter runs, so I’ve got the path set up.

Any thoughts?

[EDIT: Also, is it possible in general to have a local REPL and a remote REPL operational simultaneously?]