Issues Adding Package in Julia

Question

First off, I'm new to Julia, so I'm still getting used to the language.

I'm using Jupyter and I'm trying to add "SpecialPolynomials". This is what I keep getting:

using Pkg
Pkg.add("SpecialPolynomials")
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Resolving package versions...
Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package SpecialFunctions [276daf66]:
 SpecialFunctions [276daf66] log:
 ├─possible versions are: [0.7.0-0.7.2, 0.8.0, 0.9.0, 0.10.0-0.10.3] or uninstalled
 ├─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: [0.7.0-0.7.2, 0.8.0] or uninstalled
 └─restricted by compatibility requirements with SpecialPolynomials [a25cea48] to versions: [0.9.0, 0.10.0-0.10.3] — no versions left
   └─SpecialPolynomials [a25cea48] log:
     ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0 or uninstalled
     └─restricted to versions * by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions 0.1.0

Stacktrace:
 [1] #propagate_constraints!#61(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.GraphType.propagate_constraints!), ::Pkg.GraphType.Graph, ::Set{Int64}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\GraphType.jl:1007
 [2] propagate_constraints! at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\GraphType.jl:948 [inlined]
 [3] #simplify_graph!#121(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.GraphType.simplify_graph!), ::Pkg.GraphType.Graph, ::Set{Int64}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\GraphType.jl:1462
 [4] simplify_graph! at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\GraphType.jl:1462 [inlined] (repeats 2 times)
 [5] resolve_versions!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:317
 [6] #add#100(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Array{Base.UUID,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:962
 [7] #add at .\none:0 [inlined]
 [8] #add#25(::Bool, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:99
 [9] add at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]
 [10] #add#24 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]
 [11] add at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]
 [12] #add#21 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:65 [inlined]
 [13] add at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:65 [inlined]
 [14] #add#20(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:64
 [15] add(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.2\Pkg\src\API.jl:64
 [16] top-level scope at In[20]:2

I've tried solutions for similar issues I came across online.

I tried removing Special Functions. I tried using ] gc + enter. But many of these posts are saying to start an issue on git, can anyone see what would be causing this problem?

Answer 1

There just isn't a supported version intersect for SpecialFunctions/SpecialPolynomials and Julia 1.2 which you are running. You should update to Julia 1.4, which (at time of writing) is the current supported release.