How to install julia packages offline

7
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I'd like to use Julia on a computer which is disconnected from the Internet. Is there simple procedure to download a package and then install it offline?

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julia
which package do you need? you might face "dependency hell" when you try to install some package like Gadfly, Images... – Gnimuc
I try to install "DataStructures", which should not be the most difficult to install as it doesn't seem to have that much dependencies. – eltharion5
there are only Compat and Docile on the list. download the latest released zip archives and then copy these three folders to ~/.julia/v0.X/Compat/Docile/Datastructures as Reza suggested. – Gnimuc

1 Answers

4
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Surely, its possible.

Pkg.dir() # => get you the package installation path

check the pkg.julialang.org/ address to get the right package and click on its github link, then you can download a zip archive from github.com and extract it into Pkg.dir()
BUT you may taking yourself into trouble
because you must do many optional things manually, e.g.:

  • rename folder to remove .jl
  • build steps
  • install all related packages

I think a better way is to install Pkgs on a connected machine and then copy Pkg.dir() contents from that machine, to your system. this approach would works well only if both machines are of the same architecture (cpuX os julia-version).