instantiate problem "Package REPL not found in current path"

[bkamins]

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. Use Win10
2. Make a clean Julia 1.4.1 installation
3. install IJulia
4. download the repo https://github.com/JuliaAcademy/DataFrames
5. start the "1. Environment setup" notebook

When doing instantiate the following errors are printed:

Building TimeZones → `D:\AppData\.julia\packages\TimeZones\X323b\deps\build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `TimeZones`: 
│ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package REPL not found in current path:
│ - Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("REPL")` to install the REPL package.
│ 
│ Stacktrace:
│  [1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:892
│  [2] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:377
│  [3] include_ifexists at .\client.jl:212 [inlined]
│  [4] load_julia_startup() at .\client.jl:320
│  [5] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at .\client.jl:259
│  [6] _start() at .\client.jl:484
│ in expression starting at D:\AppData\.julia\config\startup.jl:1
└ @ Pkg.Operations D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.4\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:892
   Building PyCall ───→ `D:\AppData\.julia\packages\PyCall\zqDXB\deps\build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `PyCall`: 
│ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package REPL not found in current path:
│ - Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("REPL")` to install the REPL package.
│ 
│ Stacktrace:
│  [1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:892
│  [2] include(::Module, ::String) at .\Base.jl:377
│  [3] include_ifexists at .\client.jl:212 [inlined]
│  [4] load_julia_startup() at .\client.jl:320
│  [5] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at .\client.jl:259
│  [6] _start() at .\client.jl:484
│ in expression starting at D:\AppData\.julia\config\startup.jl:1
└ @ Pkg.Operations D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.4\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:892

when switching to REPL from Jupyter Notebook build goes through cleanly.

[fredrikekre]

From

│ in expression starting at D:\AppData\.julia\config\startup.jl:1

it looks like this was due to the startup file, that should only be used for build if you explicitly start julia with --startup-file=yes.

[fredrikekre]

Ah; https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/blob/6b65e21804fb7e8a5c5044df8b487d49f0678537/deps/kspec.jl#L98

[fredrikekre]

JuliaLang/IJulia.jl#963

[bkamins]

Thank you. This can be closed.