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Published On:
Jun 21, 2019
Last Updated:
Jun 21, 2019

Julia is a dynamically-typed, compiled language with a strong emphasis on mathematics and data visualization applications. Julia code files usually end in .jl.

The Julia logo.

Installation

Linux

You can download generic Linux Julia binaries at https://julialang.org/downloads/.

Terminal window
$ wget <URL to binary>
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/julia
$ sudo tar xf julia.tar.gz /opt/julia
$ export PATH:"$PATH:/opt/julia/bin"

Compilation

You can compile a Julia file with:

Terminal window
$ julia my_file.jl