# Error in Pumas installation

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**Created:** [September 6, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/error-in-pumas-installation/1273 "2025-09-06T16:33:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/error-in-pumas-installation/1273/10 "2025-09-08T22:34:54Z")

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Hi Michael, I repeated the process as recommended. I was able to run until “set globally”. After that step, there are a few issues I am running into. The “Julia: Starting async tasks” seems to keep running. Also, when I try running “using Pumas”, I get an error as below. I tried to troubleshoot by following instructions in [BE course: Pumas Installation](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/be-course-pumas-installation/1220), which went without issue. But when I go back to vscode using Pumas, I get the same error as before. I also noticed that Pumas is not showing up in Add/Remove programs.

ERROR: ArgumentError: Package Pumas not found in current path.

- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("Pumas")` to install the Pumas package.  
Stacktrace:  
[1] macro expansion  
@ .\loading.jl:2296 [inlined]  
[2] macro expansion  
@ .\lock.jl:273 [inlined]  
[3] \_\_require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)  
@ Base .\loading.jl:2271  
[4] #invoke\_in\_world#3  
@ .\essentials.jl:1089 [inlined]  
[5] invoke\_in\_world  
@ .\essentials.jl:1086 [inlined]  
[6] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)  
@ Base .\loading.jl:2260

Also, on running ls C:\Users\aargi.julia\environments, I get the error below

ERROR: ParseError:

# Error @ REPL[4]:1:3

ls C:\Users\aargi.julia\environments

# └─────────────────────────────────┘ ── extra tokens after end of expression

Stacktrace:  
[1] top-level scope  
@ none:1

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