I wish to use the Distributions package in Julia, but can't get to first base. This is what happens when I try adding and using the package:
(v1.1) pkg> add Distributions
Updating registry at `C:\Users\Philip\.julia\registries\General`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
Resolving package versions...
Updating `C:\Users\Philip\.julia\environments\v1.1\Project.toml`
[no changes]
Updating `C:\Users\Philip\.julia\environments\v1.1\Manifest.toml`
[no changes]
julia> using Distributions
[ Info: Precompiling Distributions [31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f]
ERROR: LoadError: InitError: C:\Users\Philip\.julia\packages\SpecialFunctions\fvheQ\deps\usr\bin\libopenspecfun.dll cannot be opened, Please re-run Pkg.build("fvheQ"), and restart Julia.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
[2] check_deps() at C:\Users\Philip\.julia\packages\SpecialFunctions\fvheQ\deps\deps.jl:20
[3] __init__() at C:\Users\Philip\.julia\packages\SpecialFunctions\fvheQ\src\SpecialFunctions.jl:12
[4] _include_from_serialized(::String, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\loading.jl:633
[5] _require_search_from_serialized(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:713
[6] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:937
[7] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:858
[8] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:853
[9] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
[10] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
[11] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
[12] top-level scope at none:2
[13] eval at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
[14] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:404
[15] top-level scope at .\none:3
during initialization of module SpecialFunctions
in expression starting at C:\Users\Philip\.julia\packages\StatsFuns\2QE7p\src\StatsFuns.jl:6
ERROR: LoadError: Failed to precompile StatsFuns [4c63d2b9-4356-54db-8cca-17b64c39e42c] to C:\Users\Philip\.julia\compiled\v1.1\StatsFuns\530lR.ji.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
[2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1197
[3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:960
[4] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:858
[5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:853
[6] include at .\boot.jl:326 [inlined]
[7] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038
[8] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29
[9] top-level scope at none:2
[10] eval at .\boot.jl:328 [inlined]
[11] eval(::Expr) at .\client.jl:404
[12] top-level scope at .\none:3
in expression starting at C:\Users\Philip\.julia\packages\Distributions\tfkz4\src\Distributions.jl:3
ERROR: Failed to precompile Distributions [31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f] to C:\Users\Philip\.julia\compiled\v1.1\Distributions\xILW0.ji.
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
[2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1197
[3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:960
[4] require(::Base.PkgId) at .\loading.jl:858
[5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:853
So something's gone wrong and the first line of the error message asks me to Please re-run Pkg.build("fvheQ"), and restart Julia but I think that syntax is for Julia 0.6, prior to the re-vamped Pkg REPL.
Questions
- What's an updated version of the Julia 0.6 command
Pkg.build("fvheQ"). I'm using Julia 1.1.1. - So far I've always found adding packages worked smoothly in Julia. If it's not too broad a question, what's a good strategy to resolve package installation problems like this?
