Dear community. I am obviously too stupid to find it or use it correctly. I want to change the folder julia uses to store the packages. I am working in an Active Directory environment and populating the user profile folders with thousands of small files makes logging in and out of the computer REA…

Set it before starting Julia, alternatively from inside julia you can modify the DEPOT_PATH variable (empty! it and push something to it).

I think you just added JULIA to the front of it. it should be DEPOT_PATH, instead of JULIA_DEPOT_PATH, and it should be a vector of strings, instead of a single string. It may be better to set the environment variable before you run julia using your computer’s system preferences, or instead in your…

[image] galenlynch: I think you just added JULIA to the front of it. it should be DEPOT_PATH , instead of JULIA_DEPOT_PATH , and it should be a vector of strings, instead of a single string. The environment variable is indeed called JULIA_DEPOT_PATH ➜ export JULIA_DEPOT_PATH="mydepot"; ~/ju…

[image] kristoffer.carlsson: The environment variable is indeed called JULIA_DEPOT_PATH Ah I see. I think he was trying to edit the JULIA_DEPOT_PATH variable inside Julia’s REPL, which should be DEPOT_PATH instead.

[image] galenlynch: It may be better to set the environment variable before you run julia using your computer’s system preferences, or instead in your julia startup file. Thank you for that hint. As a hint for others reading this: Access to the environmental variables in Windows is gained by…

[image] kristoffer.carlsson: Set it before starting Julia, alternatively from inside julia you can modify the DEPOT_PATH variable ( empty! it and push something to it). I tried this as well, although I had to figure out the push! command first (learned something new, thanks!). However, this …

[image] Moses: Would I have to change JuliaHomeDirectory/etc/julia/startup.jl to make it a permanent change? Yes, that is one way to do it.

[image] Moses: I did not expect it to be necessary to change system-wide settings so that one programme finds its folder. Do you (or anybody else) know, whether there is a special intention behind this? I think it’s fairly common to have programs rely on system-wide environment variables or c…

O.K., I see your point. However, I would suggest to change the installer or install process a little bit, because the process is not really user-friendly, especially for newbies (which julia might want to attract, having turned 1.0 now). The (Windows) installer lets me choose where to install Juli…

[image] Moses: I think there is still a discrepancy between the notion ported by “version 1.0” (in my opinion this means that it is released for the broader public, including inexperienced users) This is true and the language is definitely 1.0 ready. However, the package manager itself is ver…

Where or How to edit DEPOT_PATH

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kristoffer.carlsson August 17, 2018, 1:50pm 13

While it’s not technically about the package manager, it is quite strongly connected.

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Where or How to edit DEPOT_PATH

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