From af79b35fbd178929cf8e047ea9209c776fa76f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bogumi=C5=82=20Kami=C5=84ski?= Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:23:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add Linux configuration instructions --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2ec9600..7a0bf85 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ open it in Folder/Open Folder... menu option). Then if you run a proper project environment will be automatically activated (the Julia extension will use the Project.toml and Manifest.toml files that are present in this folder). +### Note for Linux users + +Installation of Julia under Linux requires that you choose the folder to which +you extract the precompiled binaries you have downloaded. Next, assuming that +you extracted Julia in, for example, the `/opt` folder, the simplest way +to make sure that your system can find `julia` executable is to add it to +your system `PATH` environment variable. A standard way to do it is to +edit your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.bash_profile`) file and add there the: +``` +export PATH="$PATH:/opt/julia-1.7.2/bin" +``` +line (assuming you have downloaded Julia 1.7.2 and extracted it to `/opt` folder). + + ## Organization of the code The codes for each chapter are stored in files named *chXX.jl*, where *XX* is