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There is a newer version of Julia avalible
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'''tl;dr''' Use the <code>julia_16-bin</code> package.
'''tl;dr''' Use the <code>julia_17-bin</code> package.
 
Tracking 1.7 support here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/148339.


There are a number of other <code>julia*</code> attributes but most of them are broken. Work is ongoing to add macOS support (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123394).
There are a number of other <code>julia*</code> attributes but most of them are broken. Work is ongoing to add macOS support (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123394).

Revision as of 13:07, 31 March 2022

tl;dr Use the julia_17-bin package.

There are a number of other julia* attributes but most of them are broken. Work is ongoing to add macOS support (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123394).

Explanation:

  • -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.