There's a second way to install system-wide (at least, on Unix): set the
environment variable JULIA_PKGDIR for all users. If you do it that way, tab
completion works.
Still, it would be nice if tab completion also worked with LOAD_PATH. Care to
open an issue about that?
--Tim
On Thursday, January 08, 2015 07:08:32 AM Ján Dolinský wrote:
> I noticed that if packages are installed system-wide than auto-completion
> for a regular user does not work e.g. typing
> julia> using Arr
> will not auto-complete "Arr" (after pressing the Tab key) to "ArrayViews".
> This is not the case if packages are installed in user's home directory. Is
> there any fix for this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
> Dňa streda, 10. decembra 2014 16:28:15 UTC+1 Stefan Karpinski napísal(-a):
> > There's a Julia variable called LOAD_PATH that is arranged to point at two
> > system directories under your julia installation. E.g.:
> >
> > julia> LOAD_PATH
> >
> > 2-element Array{Union(ASCIIString,UTF8String),1}:
> > "/opt/julia-0.3.3/usr/local/share/julia/site/v0.3"
> > "/opt/julia-0.3.3/usr/share/julia/site/v0.3"
> >
> > If you install packages under either of those directories, then everyone
> > using that Julia will see them. One way to do this is to run julia as a
> > user who can write to those directories after doing `export
> > JULIA_PKGDIR=/opt/julia-0.3.3/usr/share/julia/site` in the shell. That way
> > Julia will use that as it's package directory and normal package commands
> > will allow you to install packages for everyone. Or you can just copy your
> > installed packages and change the ownership and permissions so that
> > everyone can access the files.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Ján Dolinský <jan.do...@2bridgz.com
> >
> > <javascript:>> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'd like to ask how to install Julia packages system-wide so that users
> >> do not have to install packages individually on their own but rather just
> >> once by an admin.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jan
