# VSCode does not find julia executable

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-does-not-find-julia-executable/69972>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** environment\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-does-not-find-julia-executable/69972 "2021-10-18T12:33:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-does-not-find-julia-executable/69972/1 "2021-10-18T12:33:26Z")

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I have VSCode very easy to work with, for the most part.

However, I’m running into trouble with configuring for a shared CentOS environment where we are developing a package together. I do not have root privileges and we have a very limited inode quota. The workaround is to use a shared environment for the `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH` with each user having a different `JULIA_HISTORY` as `exported` from BASH before starting Julia 1.5.3. This works fine from the REPL started through BASH, and we can share packages installed in the shared `.julia` directory specified by the depot path. We are also sharing the VSCode executable (v1.5.2). VSCode once started, refuses to accept that `julia` is installed, even if each user manually specifies the executable location. Somehow, only I am able to use VSCode + julia, through some permissions issue I do not understand. `.julia` and all subdirectories have permission `775`.

Any pointers on how to get around this or even alternate workflow suggestions will be much appreciated.