# \#linux

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/linux/101.md

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## [How to install juliaup systemwide for all users (linux)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-juliaup-systemwide-for-all-users-linux/139270)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-juliaup-systemwide-for-all-users-linux/139270 "2026-09-09T14:59:50Z")

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If I want to install julia systemwide, I just add it somewhere accessible and sysmink julia to /usr/bin/julia. This works perfectly because then each user will have its own ~/.julia folder, but if I want juliaup systemw…

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## [\[ANN\] PassStores.jl - an interface to the \`pass\` command](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-passstores-jl-an-interface-to-the-pass-command/135298)

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**Author:** [@KyleSJohnston](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KyleSJohnston)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-passstores-jl-an-interface-to-the-pass-command/135298 "2026-01-27T21:13:38Z")

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Hi everyone! I’d like to introduce PassStores.jl, an interface to the unix pass command. This package provides the PassStore struct, a read-only mapping from keys to passwords. Installation & Usage If you already use p…

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## [Julia segmentation core dump error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-segmentation-core-dump-error/125599)

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**Author:** [@Sachin\_thorat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sachin_thorat)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-segmentation-core-dump-error/125599 "2026-01-13T19:27:32Z")

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I have tried multiple re-installs for julia. But found no luck. The julia exits with a warning “core dumped” after I try to install packages. Same results occurred with installed julia using curl and while using the tar …

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## [Ask for official guide for Julia installation, deployment and use on Linux cluster](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ask-for-official-guide-for-julia-installation-deployment-and-use-on-linux-cluster/109396)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ask-for-official-guide-for-julia-installation-deployment-and-use-on-linux-cluster/109396 "2025-12-01T11:10:11Z")

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Is there any official guide for Julia installation, deployment and use on Linux cluster to someone who is new to both Julia and cluster like me? Known: As far as I know, the cluster uses SLURM for task scheduling; I was…

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## [ODBC.jl to connect to an Oracle database on Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odbc-jl-to-connect-to-an-oracle-database-on-linux/97037)

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**Author:** [@klwlevy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klwlevy)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odbc-jl-to-connect-to-an-oracle-database-on-linux/97037 "2025-09-15T05:39:08Z")

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Hi there, I am succesfully using ODBC.jl to connect to an Oracle database on my local Windows laptop (with system-provided DSN from Windows ODBC). Now I am struggling to connect to the same database from a server runnin…

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## [WSL or Linux for Julia and beyond](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-or-linux-for-julia-and-beyond/131572)

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**Author:** [@NoFishLikeIan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NoFishLikeIan)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-or-linux-for-julia-and-beyond/131572 "2025-08-16T16:06:50Z")

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Due to circumstances outside of my control, I will have to give up my Macbook pro and move to a 5 year old Lenovo thinkpad very soon. I am now considering whether to use Windows + WSL or to directly install a Linux distr…

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## [Which Linux to install for old workstation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-linux-to-install-for-old-workstation/131380)

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**Author:** [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-linux-to-install-for-old-workstation/131380 "2025-08-08T04:57:21Z")

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I’ve inherited an old workstation that I plan to use with a commercial program (Ansys HFSS) and Julia (of course). The workstation consists of 2 x Xeon E5-2643 v4 CPUs 256 GByte DDR4-2400 ECC RAM NVIDIA Quadro P1000 …

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## [Timeout / early kill an external process](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/timeout-early-kill-an-external-process/53876)

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**Author:** [@s-baumann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/s-baumann)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/timeout-early-kill-an-external-process/53876 "2025-06-12T22:27:19Z")

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I want to do a terminal command (on linux) with a timeout. I know there is not a timeout built into the run command so I was trying to do something to make one. So basically I tried: function run\_with\_timeout(command::S…

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## [Gksqt: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libEGL\_mesa.so.0: undefined symbol: wl\_display\_create\_queue\_with\_name](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gksqt-symbol-lookup-error-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu-libegl-mesa-so-0-undefined-symbol-wl-display-create-queue-with-name/124599)

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**Author:** [@ForceBru](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ForceBru)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gksqt-symbol-lookup-error-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu-libegl-mesa-so-0-undefined-symbol-wl-display-create-queue-with-name/124599 "2025-02-14T01:47:50Z")

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I can’t show any plots from the terminal: (@v1.11) pkg\> activate --temp Activating new project at \`/tmp/jl\_qLK6Cw\` (jl\_qLK6Cw) pkg\> add Plots Resolving package versions... Updating \`/tmp/jl\_qLK6Cw/Project.toml…

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## [\`juliaup\` for for Mac and Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-for-for-mac-and-linux/66721)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-for-for-mac-and-linux/66721 "2024-10-15T14:36:28Z")

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From what I can tell, @davidanthoff recently rewrote juliaup in rust, which was to make it available on Mac and Linux (Thank you, the manager is fantastic). Is there any information as to when?

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## [Why does Juliaup install the musl version on Linux?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-juliaup-install-the-musl-version-on-linux/117388)

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**Author:** [@Azureuse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azureuse)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-juliaup-install-the-musl-version-on-linux/117388 "2024-07-23T21:13:38Z")

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It looks like Juliaup now prefers the musl version for Linux: juliaup/deploy/shellscript/juliaup-init.sh at main · JuliaLang/juliaup · GitHub and has done for a while (since 08ad054310bcaaa13d6364d41cdae9b31d391630). T…

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## [Mentioning of Julia for refactoring Linux kernel code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mentioning-of-julia-for-refactoring-linux-kernel-code/117096)

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**Author:** [@Kruxigt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kruxigt)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mentioning-of-julia-for-refactoring-linux-kernel-code/117096 "2024-07-18T14:58:59Z")

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https://youtu.be/4WCTGycBceg?t=303 In the video above it seems that Julia is mentioned as a tool for refactoring code related to the development of the Linux kernel. Does anyone have more info on this?

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## [The specification of Julia for reading text files and the different behavior between operating systems](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-specification-of-julia-for-reading-text-files-and-the-different-behavior-between-operating-systems/115839)

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**Author:** [@paalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paalon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-specification-of-julia-for-reading-text-files-and-the-different-behavior-between-operating-systems/115839 "2024-06-19T05:08:34Z")

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What is the specification of Julia for reading text files which have newlines (e.g. "\\n", "\\r\\n", "\\r")? My program has a bug related to the different behavior between operating systems about newlines. I made a followin…

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## [\[ANN\] Shelly.jl -- cd, ls, ll and more Unix in the Julia REPL mode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shelly-jl-cd-ls-ll-and-more-unix-in-the-julia-repl-mode/100657)

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**Author:** [@martin.auer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martin.auer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shelly-jl-cd-ls-ll-and-more-unix-in-the-julia-repl-mode/100657 "2024-04-23T13:18:06Z")

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Hi all, happy to announce Shelly.jl, a tiny helper package to let you swiftly navigate the file system from within the Julia REPL mode, and without having to type any special characters. More info on the Github README;…

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## [Julia's shell mode can't recognize user-defined aliases of system commands on Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-shell-mode-cant-recognize-user-defined-aliases-of-system-commands-on-linux/109724)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-shell-mode-cant-recognize-user-defined-aliases-of-system-commands-on-linux/109724 "2024-02-06T06:47:32Z")

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Why can’t Julia’s shell mode recognize user-defined aliases of system commands on Linux? I defined some aliases in the ~/.bashrc file such as alias mydir="cd ~/path/to/my/directory/" so that I can conveniently cd to m…

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## [What is an elegant way to use Julia on a Linux server?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-an-elegant-way-to-use-julia-on-a-linux-server/108890)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-an-elegant-way-to-use-julia-on-a-linux-server/108890 "2024-01-29T17:22:50Z")

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I know I can just throw a well-written script into the server and run it by command julia myScript.jl, or I can start julia and type some little code directly in the REPL. But is that all? I would like to learn some bet…

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## [Learn and Use Linux for Programming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learn-and-use-linux-for-programming/107947)

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**Author:** [@benslinux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benslinux)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learn-and-use-linux-for-programming/107947 "2023-12-29T10:17:20Z")

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This is just my opinion, but I think it’s important and gets missed all the time. I would urge students to use Linux to learn Julia and indeed, for any and all programming. Windows is the dominant OS in the world and it’…

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## [Failure to precompile Plots.jl in Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-precompile-plots-jl-in-linux/106608)

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**Author:** [@Fengyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fengyu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-precompile-plots-jl-in-linux/106608 "2023-11-27T19:31:43Z")

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Hi, I have trouble to precompile Plots.jl in Linux. I looked through a couple of similar questions but my problem still can not be solved. Any help will be appreciated. Below is the error msg and environment info: julia\>…

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## [Can't get CUDA.jl to see cuda in Ubuntu](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-get-cuda-jl-to-see-cuda-in-ubuntu/101340)

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**Author:** [@taotree](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/taotree)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-get-cuda-jl-to-see-cuda-in-ubuntu/101340 "2023-10-04T16:55:32Z")

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I’m on a Dell Laptop with an NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB Laptop. I’ve installed nvidia-driver-535, nvidia-cuda-toolkit, and cuda (and probably other things) via apt. I can’t seem to find a particular error. I run with JULIA\_DE…

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## [Constant out of memory error of VSCode extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/constant-out-of-memory-error-of-vscode-extension/101323)

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**Author:** [@wujinq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wujinq)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/constant-out-of-memory-error-of-vscode-extension/101323 "2023-07-13T23:49:10Z")

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So I use VSCode to login in to the supercomputer I’m working with, and I installed the Julia extension on it. It works well, but recently I noticed that the following error appears frequently: \[ Info: Loading GPUArraysC…

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## ["julia: error while loading shared libraries: libjulia.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" error when starting julia from command line on ubuntu](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libjulia-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory-error-when-starting-julia-from-command-line-on-ubuntu/72707)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libjulia-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory-error-when-starting-julia-from-command-line-on-ubuntu/72707 "2023-05-11T20:06:27Z")

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On ubuntu 18.04 I have a desktop which I haven’t really used since pre-pandemic times (with julia 1.3.1). I can run julia 1.3.1 from it just fine. However, I want to run the latest version (1.7.0)! I have downloaded tha…

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## [\[Linux\] only receiving 1365 events when reading from /dev/input](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-only-receiving-1365-events-when-reading-from-dev-input/97886)

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**Author:** [@screw\_dog](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/screw_dog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-only-receiving-1365-events-when-reading-from-dev-input/97886 "2023-04-25T05:39:03Z")

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I’m trying to read keyboard input events from dev/input/eventN, but after reading exactly 1365 events the file is reported as empty and never receives any more data. MWE: dev\_num = 6 # my keyboard is event6, use \`cat /p…

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## [LoadError: CUDA runtime not found](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-cuda-runtime-not-found/96131)

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**Author:** [@robvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/robvold)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-cuda-runtime-not-found/96131 "2023-03-25T13:57:15Z")

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I am trying to implement a couple of algorithms in CUDA using Julia and the CUDA.jl package. I started with Julia a couple of days ago, so the error may be easy to solve, but I haven’t figured out a solution yet. The Er…

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## [Isdir in Windows 67 times slower than Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isdir-in-windows-67-times-slower-than-linux/96436)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jeremy)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/isdir-in-windows-67-times-slower-than-linux/96436 "2023-03-23T12:31:09Z")

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I need to list a large number of files and parse their names. My function works but the performance in Windows is 67 times slower despite running on a more powerful computer. The number of files is unknown and the user c…

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## [Not able to run Julia through python on a server in a frontend type application](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-able-to-run-julia-through-python-on-a-server-in-a-frontend-type-application/89431)

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**Author:** [@shwetank\_verma](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shwetank_verma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-able-to-run-julia-through-python-on-a-server-in-a-frontend-type-application/89431 "2023-02-13T14:04:35Z")

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Hey everyone, I am not able to find anything on this so I will try to explain as many things as I can. We are building a cloud-based simulation application whose frontend is Javascript which is calling python script. T…

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## [Debian/Ubuntu users: where do you install julia's?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debian-ubuntu-users-where-do-you-install-julias/93270)

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**Author:** [@tfiers](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tfiers)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debian-ubuntu-users-where-do-you-install-julias/93270 "2023-01-21T05:05:47Z")

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I’m on Windows, but experimenting with running Julia (and jupyter / IJulia) from WSL2 (windows subsystem for linux), in the hopes of speeding up startup latency times.\[1\] I’m not an experienced Linux user, and Platform …

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## [Trouble using Plots (on Linux)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-using-plots-on-linux/90061)

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**Author:** [@Schneeschaufel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Schneeschaufel)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-using-plots-on-linux/90061 "2022-11-11T10:34:45Z")

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The best would be to just remove the Plots package from the Julia distribution. It is just a mess (according to the internet and all the other people with the same Qt problem and no real solution in sight). And no I ca…

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## [Juliad and julias, wrappers to DaemonMode and -J sysimage for quicker Linux/Cygwin scripts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliad-and-julias-wrappers-to-daemonmode-and-j-sysimage-for-quicker-linux-cygwin-scripts/76690)

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**Author:** [@jdad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdad)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliad-and-julias-wrappers-to-daemonmode-and-j-sysimage-for-quicker-linux-cygwin-scripts/76690 "2022-08-08T11:00:55Z")

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FWIW, as an old linuxer, I have created for my own usage two scripts to facilitate the use of either sysimage or DaermonMode.jl to get faster frequently used scripts (=faster TTFX, Time to First X). Sorry, I have done th…

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## [Installing Julia on Linux server?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-julia-on-linux-server/75699)

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**Author:** [@pafloxy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pafloxy)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-julia-on-linux-server/75699 "2022-06-12T11:20:43Z")

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Hi! I am moving on to run my Julia codes on a HPCE Linux server. Could someone point me on how exactly to download and install Julia on the server ? Following this I’m planning to install IJulia so as to be able to conn…

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## [AMDGPU-error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/amdgpu-error/64990)

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**Author:** [@peteole](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/peteole)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/amdgpu-error/64990 "2021-07-22T11:34:40Z")

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Hi, on my manjaro (arch linux) system (with a ryzen 4500u, no dedicated GPU) I get an error initiating a simple ROCArray: a=ROCArray(\[1,2,3\]) 3-element ROCVector{Int64}: Error showing value of type ROCVector{Int64}: ER…

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