# Where can I find the packages mentioned in error messages?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056
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**Created:** [September 12, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056 "2021-09-12T17:17:02Z")
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#### Post date: [September 12, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056/1 "2021-09-12T17:17:02Z")

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I got an error message that said  
@ Base .\loading.jl:1116  
and thought I’d look at loading.jl to learn something. So I searched the .julia directory in Windows but it didn’t turn up.  
How or where do I find packages mentioned in error messages?

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### Author: ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056/2 "2021-09-12T19:54:10Z")

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This file (Base: loading.jl) is found in the installation folder of Julia (not your user folder .julia, where the packages are going). Base is not a package.  
So look in the installation folder and there you find:  
Julia-1.6.1/share/julia/base/loading.jl

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### Author: ![cybervigilante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cybervigilante/32/26687_2.png) [@cybervigilante](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cybervigilante)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056/3 "2021-09-12T20:02:49Z")

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Thanks. It would be nice if Windows had a simple whereis function like Linux. It would save a lot of searching 😀

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### Author: ![yha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yha/32/3502_2.png) [@yha](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yha)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-find-the-packages-mentioned-in-error-messages/68056/4 "2021-09-12T20:46:27Z")

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You can use `@edit function(args)` to open an editor at the approriate method (it doesn’t work inside vscode, but you still get an error message with the full path, and can ctrl+click it).  
There’s also `functionloc` (available by default) and `@functionloc` (available in `InteractiveUtils`).