# \#packages

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## [\[ANN\] VineCopulas.jl: C-vines, D-vines, and experimental R-vines in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vinecopulas-jl-c-vines-d-vines-and-experimental-r-vines-in-julia/137930)

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**Author:** [@Santymax98](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Santymax98)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vinecopulas-jl-c-vines-d-vines-and-experimental-r-vines-in-julia/137930 "2026-09-12T13:02:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce that VineCopulas.jl is now registered in the Julia General registry. VineCopulas.jl is a pure-Julia package for explicit vine copula models, built on top of Copulas.jl. The current re…

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## [A queryable RDF dataset of the Julia package ecosystem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-queryable-rdf-dataset-of-the-julia-package-ecosystem/138458)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-queryable-rdf-dataset-of-the-julia-package-ecosystem/138458 "2026-07-30T21:34:04Z")

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I’ve been working on a project for work that has required me to learn about RDF (Resource Description Framework). As a part of that, I’ve been working on an RDF package for Julia and to help test it out I built an RDF d…

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## [Blog post on GPU ecosystem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-gpu-ecosystem/137971)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-gpu-ecosystem/137971 "2026-07-06T13:28:50Z")

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Hi all! Following discussions on Slack, I got a blog post started to list the major packages in Julia’s GPU ecosystem and show how they interact. It’s getting close to completion and I would appreciate reviews / suggest…

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## [How does licensing work for packages that wrap other-licensed binaries?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-licensing-work-for-packages-that-wrap-other-licensed-binaries/104350)

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**Author:** [@bilderbuchi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bilderbuchi)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-licensing-work-for-packages-that-wrap-other-licensed-binaries/104350 "2026-06-09T19:12:24Z")

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The whole licensing thing is quite gnarly but important, it also affects other packages. For example, Trixi.jl has dependencies that are GPL (not LGPL, p4est and t8code), but claims MIT for itself – how does that work? …

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## [How can the weight of package dependencies be determined?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-the-weight-of-package-dependencies-be-determined/132876)

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**Author:** [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-the-weight-of-package-dependencies-be-determined/132876 "2025-10-05T21:54:08Z")

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I often hear people talking about ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ package dependencies. How is this determined? Is the weight of each package determined by its size within the folder: “.julia/compiled/v1.11” ? ▶ For example:

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## [Changing the name of package during the registration waiting period?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660)

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**Author:** [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660 "2025-09-25T19:01:04Z")

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I found this helpful topic about changing the name of a package, but I have an additional question regarding the special case of changing a package name during the registration process. Here are the steps that have occu…

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## [Check whether a package name is available for automatic registration in the General registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510 "2025-09-19T12:38:18Z")

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Is there a way to check whether a package name would pass the automatic checks guarding registration? Other than starting registration outright.

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## [Precompilation in a sandbox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompilation-in-a-sandbox/132312)

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**Author:** [@Chrysoberyl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chrysoberyl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompilation-in-a-sandbox/132312 "2025-09-13T05:25:03Z")

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I’m making sandboxed and reproducible Julia builds. One way I do this is by compiling each Julia package using Pkg.API.precompile(). I ensure that $JULIA\_DEPOT is set to a list of paths which contains compiled/v1.11/Logg…

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## [Simulating Continuous Time Models in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simulating-continuous-time-models-in-julia/131846)

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**Author:** [@GregCamp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregCamp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simulating-continuous-time-models-in-julia/131846 "2025-08-26T18:40:40Z")

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I’m interested in simulating a relatively simple continuous-time model in Julia. The model is a variation of the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) framework with the following elements: Agents are either employed at …

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## [Julia package orphanage](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-orphanage/130554)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-orphanage/130554 "2025-07-18T12:33:26Z")

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Some Emacs maintainers started emacsorphanage, a git org for managing Emacs packages that are not maintained. The idea is that instead of archiving your source repo, you can transfer it to them, and they will do very bas…

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## [The Mismatch between pwd() and @\_\_DIR\_\_ and how it impacts packages like GLMakie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-mismatch-between-pwd-and-dir-and-how-it-impacts-packages-like-glmakie/130036)

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**Author:** [@Maddy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-mismatch-between-pwd-and-dir-and-how-it-impacts-packages-like-glmakie/130036 "2025-06-19T18:02:57Z")

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When I run Julia in a modularised structure in VSCode and try accessing files in a folder sibling the the folder of the source file, all within a root project directory, something interesting happens. (All of the follow…

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## [Slow package precompilation of Julia packages in Colab due to filesystem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-package-precompilation-of-julia-packages-in-colab-due-to-filesystem/128956)

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**Author:** [@Tato\_Khundadze](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tato_Khundadze)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-package-precompilation-of-julia-packages-in-colab-due-to-filesystem/128956 "2025-05-14T00:49:33Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m new to Julia and currently using it in Google Colab for some modeling work. I’ve noticed that package installation is quite slow — it takes several minutes. Is this expected behavior, or am I missing so…

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## [Leveraging the GDAL VSI for “raw” access to NetCDF/HDF5 files inside a Zip archive?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/leveraging-the-gdal-vsi-for-raw-access-to-netcdf-hdf5-files-inside-a-zip-archive/128129)

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**Author:** [@Oblomov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oblomov)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/leveraging-the-gdal-vsi-for-raw-access-to-netcdf-hdf5-files-inside-a-zip-archive/128129 "2025-04-17T06:27:47Z")

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Hello all, I have an interesting conundrum. My situation is the following: I have some data which is distributed as a zip archive of .nc files. The files are rather large, so I would prefer to not unzip the archive to r…

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## [How can I participate in JSOC 2025?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-participate-in-jsoc-2025/127401)

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**Author:** [@Mend-Amar\_Badral](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mend-Amar_Badral)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-participate-in-jsoc-2025/127401 "2025-03-27T04:37:57Z")

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Hi, I am thinking of participating in GSOC (or JSOC) 2025. How can I participate? I’m intermediate but not advanced user of Julia with some knowledge of image processing, geospatial.

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## [Is it OK to structure my packages like this (benign type piracy)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-ok-to-structure-my-packages-like-this-benign-type-piracy/126627)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-ok-to-structure-my-packages-like-this-benign-type-piracy/126627 "2025-03-06T22:13:48Z")

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Is this design OK? Is this supported by precompilation? What could go wrong? Could package extensions help here somehow, if necessary? The idea is basically to define a function with no methods in PackageA and only add …

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## [Could people suggest a few packages to study?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-people-suggest-a-few-packages-to-study/125852)

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**Author:** [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-people-suggest-a-few-packages-to-study/125852 "2025-02-14T07:04:08Z")

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I’m trying to assemble the beginnings of one, and I’d like to study a few non-trivial but not too huge examples before getting my code in shape for wider publication. Any suggestions?

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## [Fine grained control of \_\_precompile\_\_(false)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fine-grained-control-of-precompile-false/124811)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fine-grained-control-of-precompile-false/124811 "2025-01-18T15:28:35Z")

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I am mostly using Julia 1.11.2 but sometimes 1.10.7. I have some code where a few function definitions cause a precompile warning and then the precompile fails. I have not been able to figure out a way to fix these fun…

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## [API to query Juliahub package info?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/api-to-query-juliahub-package-info/123788)

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**Author:** [@OmarElrefaei](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/OmarElrefaei)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/api-to-query-juliahub-package-info/123788 "2024-12-14T21:29:09Z")

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I was wondering if there is a way to programmatically access juliahub packages (not the computation platform). I want to query package names, stars, install stats, etc. Either an API or exported dataset (regularly upda…

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## [Maintainability: Best way to have two versions of the same function with minor differences](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maintainability-best-way-to-have-two-versions-of-the-same-function-with-minor-differences/122453)

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**Author:** [@Tetrakai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tetrakai)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maintainability-best-way-to-have-two-versions-of-the-same-function-with-minor-differences/122453 "2024-11-10T15:36:44Z")

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Say I have two usecases for a function. One logs the result of each iteration and is parallelized using Polyester.@batch, the other only needs to return the final result and uses Threads.@threads. Performance is top prio…

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## [How to gracefully retire a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-gracefully-retire-a-package/121101)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-gracefully-retire-a-package/121101 "2024-10-10T06:35:55Z")

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Julia 1.11 has made PushVectors.jl obsolete. I wonder what the best workflow is to retire it. I have read the previous threads on this, with various recommendations (eg 1, 2). I am still not sure how to proceed. Specif…

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## [How to find package preventing others from updating](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-package-preventing-others-from-updating/8235)

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**Author:** [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-package-preventing-others-from-updating/8235 "2024-10-08T12:02:46Z")

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While trying to upgrade a package I found that some other package held it back with an upper version bound. To track down the offending package, I found the following function useful function find\_holdback(held\_back\_pac…

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## [How does one set up a centralized Julia installation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-one-set-up-a-centralized-julia-installation/13922)

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**Author:** [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-one-set-up-a-centralized-julia-installation/13922 "2024-09-18T15:08:53Z")

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I would like to start a thread about best practice for how to set up a centralized Julia installation in a cluster environment or local institution network. Hopefully, this will lead to a tutorial like write-up in the en…

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## [Documentation to pdf](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-to-pdf/118359)

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**Author:** [@jackmarry](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jackmarry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-to-pdf/118359 "2024-08-19T13:36:31Z")

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I want to download the documentation of the Julia package in PDF format directly and in one go. How can I do it?

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## [Artifacts folder not empty - error when installing Plots.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/artifacts-folder-not-empty-error-when-installing-plots-jl/117289)

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**Author:** [@c\_sell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/c_sell)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/artifacts-folder-not-empty-error-when-installing-plots-jl/117289 "2024-07-29T08:05:32Z")

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Hi, I’m getting the same error for different packages in Julia. For example, when I try to install Plots, I get the error. IOError: rm("C:\\\\Users\\\\\_\_\_\\\\.julia\\\\artifacts\\\\jl\_6eeUjb\\\\bin"): directory not empty (ENOTEMPT…

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## [How to export the documentation of a Julia package to PDF?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-the-documentation-of-a-julia-package-to-pdf/115683)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-export-the-documentation-of-a-julia-package-to-pdf/115683 "2024-06-15T09:13:55Z")

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Some of the documentations of Julia packages on the webpages generated with Documenter.jl are so good that I want to convert them into full structured PDF so that I can print and read them just like reading papers or boo…

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## [Wrapping make-generated artifacts in Julia package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wrapping-make-generated-artifacts-in-julia-package/115195)

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**Author:** [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wrapping-make-generated-artifacts-in-julia-package/115195 "2024-06-04T20:56:42Z")

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I’m looking for some advice on approaches to this: I have an existing repo containing a Python package. The fact that it’s Python is maybe incidental - the package basically creates some artifacts (which happen to be JSO…

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## [Tagbot is not triggered](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-is-not-triggered/112136)

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**Author:** [@charlesll](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/charlesll)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-is-not-triggered/112136 "2024-04-04T08:51:13Z")

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Hi, I am attempting to produce a new version of my package, Spectra, after a few years of silence as it is mostly stable. The repo is visible here: However, the process of publishing new versions changed quite a lot …

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## [From Julia Doc - 5. Creating Package - Pkg not found after Activating?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-julia-doc-5-creating-package-pkg-not-found-after-activating/108067)

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**Author:** [@benslinux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benslinux)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-julia-doc-5-creating-package-pkg-not-found-after-activating/108067 "2024-01-02T09:23:11Z")

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Sometimes I generate a pkg, then activate, then import and it works fine. Other times I get the msg - pkg not found and it’s right there in the directory I’m in. It’s such a simple process, I don’t understand what’s chan…

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## [How to extend method used in package extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-extend-method-used-in-package-extension/107871)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-extend-method-used-in-package-extension/107871 "2023-12-20T23:58:47Z")

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Hello, I am using a package which has plotting functionality defined in a package extension. It uses a function package\_function which is defined in the package module as function package\_function end and in the modul…

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## [How to know which ContinuedFractions package to use?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-know-which-continuedfractions-package-to-use/107381)

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**Author:** [@chandra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chandra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-know-which-continuedfractions-package-to-use/107381 "2023-12-11T08:31:44Z")

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I am interested in the ContinuedFractions package in Julia. I found two repositories: ContinuedFractions.jl-One and ContinuedFractions.jl-Two How do I find out which to use? If necessary, how do I uninstall the wro…

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