Installing Julia

Install Julia locally to your $System

This article covers the local installation of Julia using packages from the Download Page. Other options for using Julia include an Online REPL, a Docker image, and a Desktop Julia IDE.

Installs can either be without sudo/admin USER or GLOBAL. For context, most other programming languages default to being installed with GLOBAL scope. Choose one and follow the instructins for that target.

Installation

Windows

(Windows 7/Server 2012 only): Enable Windows Management Framework 3+
Download the executable (32-bit / 64-bit)
Open the executable with Admin Privileges
GLOBAL | Change the install directory to %PROGRAMFILES%/Julia.
Hit Install > Hit Finish

GLOBAL | Using Powershell with Admin Privileges, add julia permanently to your path

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$PATH = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH")
$julia_path = "C:\Program Files\Julia"

# -DO THIS- For all users on this machine
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "$PATH;$julia_path", "Machine")
# -OR THIS- For just me
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "$PATH;$julia_path")

USER | Alias julia in your $Profile. If you do not have a profile, Set one up.

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$julia_path = $home\AppData\local\Julia-1.1.0\bin\julia
Add-Content -Path $Profile -Value "function julia { Invoke-Expression $julia_path }"

Macos

Get brew if not installed
GLOBAL | brew cask install julia

USER | Download, un/mount dmg, install to ~/Applications, add julia it to PATH

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
curl https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/mac/x64/1.1/julia-1.1.0-mac64.dmg \
  -o /tmp/julia-1.1.0.dmg
hdiutil attach /tmp/julia-1.1.0.dmg
mkdir -p ~/Applications
cp -r /Volumes/Julia-1.1.0/Julia-1.1.app ~/Applications/Julia-1.1
ln -s ~/Applications/Julia-1.1/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia ~/Applications/julia
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Julia-1.1.0

if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/Applications:"* ]]; then
echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Applications" >> ~/.profile
  source ~/.profile
fi

Linux

Download the binary, depending on your architecture

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# Download 64-bit
curl https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/1.1/julia-1.1.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz \
  -o /tmp/julia.tar.gz
# Or 32-bit
curl https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x86/1.1/julia-1.1.0-linux-i686.tar.gz \
  -o /tmp/julia.tar.gz

GLOBAL | Download, extract, and copy to /opt/local, add to PATH

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tar -C /tmp -xzf /tmp/julia.tar.gz
cp -r /tmp/julia /opt/local

if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":/opt/local:"* ]]; then
  echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local" >> ~/.profile
  source ~/.profile
fi

USER | Download, extract, copy to ~/bin, and add to PATH

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tar -C /tmp -xzf /tmp/julia.tar.gz
mkdir -p ~/bin
cp -r /tmp/julia ~/bin

if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":~/bin:"* ]]; then
  echo "export PATH=$PATH:~/bin" >> ~/.profile
  source ~/.profile
fi

Verification

Open a new shell to make sure julia==1.1.0 is installed correctly

Bash

Powershell

Next Steps

Now that you have Julia, install some packages!