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Julia is a programming language, that aims to create an unprecedented combination of ease-of-use, power, and efficiency in a single language.

Installation And Versions

You can install the newest version of Julia either with julia-bin (the derivation which downloads the binary) or julia (the derivation which builds Julia from the source). From the end-user perspective, -bin packages should be indistinguishable from source-built ones.

Packages

Some Julia packages expect binaries to be installed on your system. Until a better solution is found, you can run Julia inside Distrobox.

Most notably, Julia Plots does not work. You can use Gadfly instead.

Another solution is to enable nix-ld, see also here.

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 == Installation And Versions ==
+You can install the newest version of Julia either with <code>julia-bin</code> (the derivation which downloads the binary) or <code>julia</code> (the derivation which builds Julia from the source). From the end-user perspective, -bin packages should be indistinguishable from source-built ones.
-'''tl;dr''' Use the <code>julia_17-bin</code> package.
+== Packages ==
+Some Julia packages expect binaries to be installed on your system. Until a better solution is found, you can run Julia inside [[Distrobox]].
-The  <code>julia_17-bin</code> package does not show up in the search, but it works.
+Most notably, Julia Plots does not work. You can use [http://gadflyjl.org/stable/ Gadfly] instead.
-There are a number of other <code>julia*</code> attributes, but most of them are broken. [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123394 Work] is ongoing to add macOS support.
+Another solution is to enable [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-ld nix-ld], see also [https://nix.dev/guides/faq#how-to-run-non-nix-executables here].
-* stable packages are for Julia LTS versions, which are very old at this point. I believe 1.0-ish. You probably want something more recent.
-* bin packages are not built from source directly, but are instead built off of the official binaries released by Julia. Building Julia from source has proven to be quite a nightmare, so the -bin packages take the easy route. From the end-user perspective, -bin packages should be indistinguishable from source built ones.
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