# Using Julia in my Anaconda environment

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-my-anaconda-environment/34562>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-my-anaconda-environment/34562 "2020-02-13T07:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Nalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nalt/32/12795_2.png) [@Nalt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nalt)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-my-anaconda-environment/34562/1 "2020-02-13T07:24:06Z")

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I want to better understand how my Anconda environment and Julia is interacting. In my conda environment I launch julia via: jupyter notebook. I installed the jupyterthemes Package to my conda environment via: pip install jupyterthemes. This worked. HOWEVER, now when I go to try and use something from that package, Julia has no idea it exists. In fact, when I check in the REPL, ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/4/c436b82f6e8709cff7b2bfe2418d6e762c696286.png)

it is not even shown! I expected to see “jupyterthemes” there. I did find it installed in my conda environment though. I am able to change the theme of Jupyter, but when I try to write “from jupyterthemes import jtplot”, Julia has no idea what I am talking about.

so, what is going on? Also, I can’t seem to install jupyterthemes from the REPL. Not that I think I should since its already installed in the environment… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/3/735c4ec5b646e042d12c670239fb3a1a6d8c8d8a.png)

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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-my-anaconda-environment/34562/2 "2020-02-13T07:47:59Z")

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I think that you need to read about [Conda.jl](https://github.com/JuliaPy/Conda.jl), to gain a better understanding of how Conda and julia interact.