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Shayan
Shayan

Reputation: 6295

How to know if a Julia package is a standard buit-in package?

Dates is a standard Julia package that I can utilize if I import it by the using Julia command. I don't have to install it independently and it's embedded in Julia. So, I can call it a built-in Julia package, I guess. Now, I wonder how can I determine whether a Julia package (let's say LinearAlgebra) is a built-in standard package. I tried (@v1.8) pkg> st and I didn't see the Dates and LinearAlgebra packages in the reported list.
Can I conclude that if a package isn't in the status report while I can import it, then it's an embedded package?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 236

Answers (1)

Peng Guanwen
Peng Guanwen

Reputation: 722

The packages bundled in the Julia release is called standard library. You can find all of them in the docs.

If you have imported a package, you can check if its path is in stdlib directory using pathof:

julia> using Dates

julia> pathof(Dates)
"/home/username/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.8.2+0.x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Dates/src/Dates.jl"

Upvotes: 2

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