# Installation prblem

**URL:** <https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/installation-prblem/1319>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [November 5, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/installation-prblem/1319 "2025-11-05T00:42:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kanjikoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@kanjikoma](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/kanjikoma)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/installation-prblem/1319/1 "2025-11-05T00:42:25Z")

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Dear all,  
I have a trouble of installation. It seems that I have failed to install julia because Log says “can’t find julia.exe”  
Does anyone have advice to resolve this? Reinstall julia?

[9:30:10 AM] Checking PumasProductManager.jl version…

[9:30:10 AM] Failed to parse check result:

[9:30:15 AM] Checking for juliaup using: juliaup.exe

[9:30:15 AM] ✅ Found juliaup using juliaup.exe

[9:30:15 AM] ⚠ Julia executable not found: julia.exe

[9:30:15 AM] PumasProductManager check result: “” (exit code: 1)

[9:30:15 AM] Check stderr: Error: The Julia launcher failed to determine the command for the `release` channel.

Caused by:

```
0: Failed to normalize path for Julia binary, starting from \`C:\\Users\\komap\\.julia\\juliaup\\juliaup.json\`.

1: 指定されたファイルが見つかりません。 (os error 2)

```

[9:30:16 AM] Skipping product list in background refresh - PumasProductManager not installed

[9:30:16 AM] Background cache population completed

[9:31:07 AM] Listing available Pumas products…

[9:31:07 AM] Running: julia --project=@PumasProductManager list-products.jl

[9:31:07 AM] Julia script exit code: 1

[9:31:07 AM] Julia stderr:

[9:31:07 AM] Error: The Julia launcher failed to determine the command for the `release` channel.

Caused by:

```
0: Failed to normalize path for Julia binary, starting from \`C:\\Users\\komap\\.julia\\juliaup\\juliaup.json\`.

1: 指定されたファイルが見つかりません。 (os error 2)

```

[9:31:07 AM] Failed to parse products response as JSON

[9:31:07 AM] Parse error: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input

[9:31:07 AM] ❌ Failed to list products: Invalid response from Julia script

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**Author:** ![Michael](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pumas.ai/michael/32/818_2.png) [@Michael](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/Michael)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/installation-prblem/1319/2 "2025-11-05T08:19:31Z")

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Morning @kanjikoma,

Can you check whether you are able to start `julia` in a normal Windows terminal. Just typing `julia` into the prompt after you start the default Windows terminal application. If that works then it is likely that VSCode is not correctly picking up `julia` from your system `PATH`.