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On “How to install a package in Julia 1.0 (UndefVarError: Pkg not defined)”
In Julia 1.0, there are two ways to install a package. First, you can do
using Pkg
Pkg.add("Packagename")
Second, you can use the Pkg REPL mode by pressing ] (similar to ? , help mode, and ; , shell mode):
(v1.0) pkg> add Packagename
You can find more information here: https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/stdlib/Pkg/#
and here (live demo): link to this video
Julia 1.0 is brand new. It has been released a few days ago, so some packages aren't yet compatible with 1.0. Sometimes it helps to install the master branch of a package instead of the last tagged release. On my machine I had to do
(v1.0) pkg> add LaTeXStrings#master
(v1.0) pkg> add PyPlot
to get PyPlot to work. Hope this helps.
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