# \#juliabox

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/juliabox/24.md

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## [Can't launch jupyter from Juliabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-launch-jupyter-from-juliabox/40199)

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**Author:** [@aebk2015](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aebk2015)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-launch-jupyter-from-juliabox/40199 "2020-05-26T18:52:52Z")

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I am unable to launch jupyter from Juliabox. I just registered; can log in from Juliabox but then I am presented with the launch page which is not activated: see below, thanks

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## [Custom images on Juliabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-images-on-juliabox/33678)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-images-on-juliabox/33678 "2020-01-22T22:40:32Z")

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I see in the list of features that Juliabox supports custom images, but I can’t find any documentation on it. I wanted to understand if it can build some packages into the base image before I commit $14/mth to test it o…

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## [Julia's growth is making free JuliaBox unsustainable](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-growth-is-making-free-juliabox-unsustainable/19441)

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**Author:** [@viralbshah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viralbshah)\
**Replies:** 84\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-growth-is-making-free-juliabox-unsustainable/19441 "2019-12-04T14:37:25Z")

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Hello, A happy new year to everyone! We know that many of you find JuliaBox useful. Since we created it, it has helped over 100,000 users learn and experiment with Julia. We extend a deep and sincere thank you to all o…

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## [About Adding Git packages in juliabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-adding-git-packages-in-juliabox/30982)

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**Author:** [@Dexter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dexter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-adding-git-packages-in-juliabox/30982 "2019-11-12T01:16:26Z")

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Since I know little about jupyter backgrounds, I have no idea how to fix this error.

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## [How to using Japanese characteristic in plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-using-japanese-characteristic-in-plot/27613)

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**Author:** [@Nguyen\_HongSon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nguyen_HongSon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-using-japanese-characteristic-in-plot/27613 "2019-08-18T09:12:30Z")

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Hi every body, I am very new about the Julia and Juliabox also. I am making a graphs using PyPlot on Juliabox. I want to set Legend and axes labels in Japanese. But it is not work at all, the Japanese park is shown a…

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## [Installing JuMP on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-jump-on-juliabox/22324)

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**Author:** [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-jump-on-juliabox/22324 "2019-03-25T21:55:39Z")

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Is it possible to install JuMP 0.19 on JuliaBox? Currently when I try to do it on Julia 1.0.3 I get the message that the maximum allowed version is 0.18.5.

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## [Latest version (1.0.1) of TensorOperations.jl on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latest-version-1-0-1-of-tensoroperations-jl-on-juliabox/19365)

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**Author:** [@Snir\_Gazit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Snir_Gazit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latest-version-1-0-1-of-tensoroperations-jl-on-juliabox/19365 "2019-01-07T20:56:16Z")

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Hi, This might be specific to TensorOperations.jl, but trying to add it JuliaBox installs an older version (v0.7.1) Pkg.add("TensorOperations") Resolving package versions... Updating ~/.julia/Project.toml \[6aa20fa7\]…

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## [Schedule web scraper on juliabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/schedule-web-scraper-on-juliabox/19011)

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**Author:** [@Dmitry\_Makarov1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dmitry_Makarov1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/schedule-web-scraper-on-juliabox/19011 "2018-12-26T21:10:47Z")

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Hi, I am thinking about using Julia for writing a simple web scraper. It needs to run regularly at certain times every day. Hence, I prefer cloud-based solution and not using my pc. Can such a scheduler be done using ju…

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## [JuliaBox: Package releases and Plotting problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-package-releases-and-plotting-problem/18046)

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**Author:** [@lwabeke](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lwabeke)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-package-releases-and-plotting-problem/18046 "2018-11-27T07:20:59Z")

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Hi I’m not sure where to list this properly, because it started with a plotting problem: using Plots with plotlyjs backend doesn’t seem to work on IJulia anymore. I tried a few things on my side (getting master, trying…

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## [JuliaBox.com: jupyter-js-widgets/extension "incompatible"(?) breaks Interact/Reactive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-jupyter-js-widgets-extension-incompatible-breaks-interact-reactive/6314)

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**Author:** [@mgiugliano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mgiugliano)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-jupyter-js-widgets-extension-incompatible-breaks-interact-reactive/6314 "2018-11-14T10:32:46Z")

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While on my local Julia/IJulia (0.6…) I have no problem, JuliaBox.com (same kernel version) fails evaluating the code snippet below, returning a lot of errors (also reported below). From the “jupyter” of JuliaBox.com (E…

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## [Insert Greek letters on Juliabox.com](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/insert-greek-letters-on-juliabox-com/15816)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/insert-greek-letters-on-juliabox-com/15816 "2018-10-03T06:52:35Z")

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From this github issue we see that insertion of Greek letters into IJulia is possible. However the \\alpha followed by tab doesn’t seem to work on Juliabox.com. Is it possible to insert/type Greek letters in Jlaibox.com

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## [JuliaBox: Adding a package asks for credentials and fails](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-adding-a-package-asks-for-credentials-and-fails/15224)

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**Author:** [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-adding-a-package-asks-for-credentials-and-fails/15224 "2018-09-26T18:23:16Z")

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I was trying to using Pkg Pkg.add("PeriodicTable") on the new JuliaBox (Julia 1.0). However, I was asked for a username and password for pkg.juliacomputing.org. After pressing Enter a couple of times (leaving the fiel…

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## [JuliaBox v2 Unable to Clone Git Repo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-v2-unable-to-clone-git-repo/8405)

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**Author:** [@gaomrx](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gaomrx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-v2-unable-to-clone-git-repo/8405 "2018-08-24T20:20:28Z")

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I tried cloning a private Git repo using Juliabox v2 and ended up with the following message I am still a little disappointed that users are no longer able to use the terminal for Git operations.

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## [Dropping support for 0.5 on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dropping-support-for-0-5-on-juliabox/8390)

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**Author:** [@avik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/avik)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dropping-support-for-0-5-on-juliabox/8390 "2018-04-17T11:22:49Z")

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We are considering dropping support for Julia v0.5 in Juliabox in a few weeks time. 0.7 support will added some time later, probably once a beta is released. But for the moment, dropping 0.5 support will enable us to bet…

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## [Getting PyCall to use the conda python on juliabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-pycall-to-use-the-conda-python-on-juliabox/9997)

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**Author:** [@datnamer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/datnamer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-pycall-to-use-the-conda-python-on-juliabox/9997 "2018-03-27T14:03:21Z")

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How can I get the PyCall to use the conda python on juliabox? The readme seems to indicated I should ENV\[“PYTHON”\]=“” and then Pkg.build(“PyCall”) But pkg.build isn’t available on juliabox.

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## [Next Juliabox faiing on RCall](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-juliabox-faiing-on-rcall/8760)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-juliabox-faiing-on-rcall/8760 "2018-02-06T09:55:35Z")

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Just tried using RCall on next.juliabox.com and it gave the following error. Is the version of R too old for the new package of RCall.jl? INFO: Precompiling module RCall. WARNING: Method definition promote\_rule(Type{T},…

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## [\[ANN\] DiffEq and friends now available on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-diffeq-and-friends-now-available-on-juliabox/8308)

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**Author:** [@avik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/avik)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-diffeq-and-friends-now-available-on-juliabox/8308 "2018-01-31T15:51:40Z")

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A quick note to say that the DifferentialEquation packages are now installed by default on Juliabox. A huge shout out to Chris and his collaborators, for making Julia by far the best language to work with differential eq…

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## [JuliaBox v2 - will sync ability be added back?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-v2-will-sync-ability-be-added-back/6423)

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**Author:** [@tpoisot](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tpoisot)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-v2-will-sync-ability-be-added-back/6423 "2018-01-21T09:19:26Z")

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I’m currently building lessons using Julia, hosted on github as Jupyter notebooks. It was very simple for learners to log into JuliaBox, and sync the repo: the lessons would show up in the folders, and could be updated. …

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## [JuliaBox.com reset work directory](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-reset-work-directory/7512)

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**Author:** [@gaomrx](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gaomrx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-reset-work-directory/7512 "2017-12-06T17:44:08Z")

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I logged out of JuliaBox.com a few hours ago and when I signed in again, everything in my work folder was gone. Not sure what happened in between and would really like to know how to get back my files. I had sync most of…

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## [Recommendations for JupyterHub "stacks" + hosting for students](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommendations-for-jupyterhub-stacks-hosting-for-students/7223)

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**Author:** [@jlperla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlperla)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommendations-for-jupyterhub-stacks-hosting-for-students/7223 "2017-11-26T10:51:51Z")

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I am planning to teach Julia to a bunch of grad and undergraduate students, and wanted to make their life easier by recommending (and potentially setting up) Jupyter on servers. They have slightly different needs, but I…

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## [JuliaBox: unable to connect to Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-unable-to-connect-to-julia/2053)

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**Author:** [@creative.user.name](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/creative.user.name)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-unable-to-connect-to-julia/2053 "2017-10-11T11:39:33Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to use JuliaBox, and I’m getting this error: A connection to the notebook server could not be established. The notebook will continue trying to reconnect, but until it does, you will NOT be able to run c…

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## [Delete Juliabox folder](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/delete-juliabox-folder/5490)

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**Author:** [@Copper](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Copper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/delete-juliabox-folder/5490 "2017-08-22T16:44:32Z")

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I am not entirely new to Julia, working with it on my local installation and I’ve been through many up and downs. Especially I managed to install it on corporate machine with default libraries being diverted on installat…

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## [JuliaBox and other ways to expose new users to Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-and-other-ways-to-expose-new-users-to-julia/4720)

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**Author:** [@anon94023334](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon94023334)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-and-other-ways-to-expose-new-users-to-julia/4720 "2017-07-07T17:21:24Z")

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I wanted to report an issue with JuliaBox (should be simple to fix) and to suggest another avenue that I’ve found particularly helpful when evaluating a new language. JuliaBox currently only has 0.6.0-rc2 and 0.7.0-DE…

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## [Is juliabox.com failing on 0.6 kernel for anyone else?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-juliabox-com-failing-on-0-6-kernel-for-anyone-else/2664)

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**Author:** [@anon94023334](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon94023334)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-juliabox-com-failing-on-0-6-kernel-for-anyone-else/2664 "2017-03-22T17:23:10Z")

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I’m trying to start a 0.6-dev kernel on juliabox and the kernel keeps dying on the first statement (5 + 7). It never recovers. Is this a known issue?

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## [Plotting time series and data from Quandl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-time-series-and-data-from-quandl/2235)

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**Author:** [@Andrea\_Tersigni](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Andrea_Tersigni)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-time-series-and-data-from-quandl/2235 "2017-02-24T22:55:42Z")

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Hello, I’m new and I’m learning how to get time series from Quandl and work with them. I just managed to get the time series with only dates and closing prices and I would like to plot it. I read all PyPlot and Plots pa…

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## [Juliabox slide show navigation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-slide-show-navigation/1648)

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**Author:** [@abieler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abieler)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-slide-show-navigation/1648 "2017-01-27T13:36:50Z")

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I just tested the slide show functionality on Juliabox and could not figure out how to navigate through slides. I have two separate markdown cells, when changing into presentation mode I cannot scroll or switch to the s…

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## [Installing MP3 on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-mp3-on-juliabox/839)

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**Author:** [@LewisHein](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LewisHein)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-mp3-on-juliabox/839 "2016-12-15T15:01:49Z")

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Hello everyone Is there a way to install the MP3 package on JuliaBox? It fails for me because I don’t have root priveleges. Many thanks, Lewis Hein