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logankilpatrick
logankilpatrick

Reputation: 14501

How to dev a local package in Julia?

I am reading through the docs for working with local packages and it is unclear as to what syntax I would use to add a locally developed package. My package currently has a git repo but I want to point the dev version to the local copy as the one on git is not up to date. I read the docs here: https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/managing-packages/#Adding-a-local-package but they do not specific the syntax to use. I tried something like:

mypackage) pkg> dev /Users/myuser/Desktop/mypackage
ERROR: package `mypackage [6b2b467d]` has the same name or UUID as the active project

Is this the right syntax or am I missing something?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2513

Answers (1)

logankilpatrick
logankilpatrick

Reputation: 14501

It turns out that you can't dev the package locally if it is already activated. I switch to my default 1.6 environment and:

(@v1.6) pkg> dev /Users/myuser/Desktop/mypackage

worked!

Upvotes: 6

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