# Warning: Terminal not fully functional with Julia 1.0.5 on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 31, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522 "2021-08-31T14:14:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/21 "2021-09-01T21:59:37Z")

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I think you don’t need to worry : as you can see everybody is fully enjoying themselves trying to solve your problem! 😉

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/22 "2021-09-01T22:21:15Z")

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Just to synthesize the prior comments, you’ve ended up in a “Basic REPL” mode since Julia is confused about your terminal configuration. As you can see the “BASIC REPL” mode does not have help or package manager modes. Under Windows, the only way to end up in “Basic REPL” mode is to have the `TERM` environmental variable set.

If you could indulge us, the output of entering either `get(ENV, "TERM", "")` or `ENV["TERM"]` would be useful to help us make Julia compatible with [conemu](https://conemu.github.io/en/ConEmuEnvironment.html).

For Windows, Julia is expecting `TERM` just to be an empty string `""`. You might try `set TERM=` then press `[enter]` in cmd.exe before executing Julia.

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**Author:** ![John\_Gibson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_gibson/32/5321_2.png) [@John\_Gibson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Gibson)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/23 "2021-09-01T22:30:45Z")

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@mikitti: You mean `set TERM=""`, right?

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/24 "2021-09-01T22:31:35Z")

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Yes, thanks for catching that. I’ve edited it.

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/25 "2021-09-01T23:01:43Z")

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Here’s my illustration of the problem:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/d/fd4f509bb49660fc1d635b581b20edf5a101a805.png)

I first do `set TERM=dumb` which forces Julia into Basic REPL mode. Neither the Pkg or Help modes work as you experienced.

If I do `set TERM=` and then press enter. This sets the variable to an empty string. I clear the `TERM` environmental variable and then Julia functions as normal, allowing me to access the pkg and help modes as normal.

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/26 "2021-09-08T19:07:11Z")

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@martin82 , does the above environmental variable configuration solve your issue?

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