NameError: name 'Pkg' is not defined

Question

In the IJulia Notebook I'm trying to add the packages, but I'm getting the error:

NameError: name 'Pkg' is not defined

You may running Python, not Julia – Reza Afzalan Jan 25 '16 at 18:22 — Reza Afzalan, Jan 25 '16 at 18:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '16 at 18:42

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Python was wrongly selected instead of Julia in Jupyter:

Here's what happens in Julia:

And here's what happens in Python:

answered Jan 25 '16 at 18:42

Mona Jalal

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '18 at 22:30

For me I had a very similar error, and apparently you have to define Pkg if you're installing this for the first time. Just enter

using Pkg

It looks like in your case the issue was you were using python but this is a fix for another case where you get this exact same error.

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