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ViralBShah committed Mar 25, 2018
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**Note:** The build process will fail badly if any of the build directory's parent directories have spaces or other shell meta-characters such as `$` or `:` in their names (this is due to a limitation in GNU make).

Once it is built, you can run the `julia` executable after you enter your julia directory and run

./julia
**Note:** `./julia` works only in Unix.
i.e. you can run it using its full path in the directory created above (the `julia` directory). To run julia from anywhere you can:

To run julia from anywhere you can:
- add an alias (in `bash`: `echo "alias julia='/path/to/install/folder/bin/julia'" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc`), or

- add a soft link to the `julia` executable in the `julia` directory to `/usr/local/bin` (or any suitable directory already in your path), or

- add the `julia` directory to your executable path for this shell session (in `bash`: `export PATH="$(pwd):$PATH"` ; in `csh` or `tcsh`:
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julia

If everything works correctly, you will see a Julia banner and an interactive prompt into which you can enter expressions for evaluation. (Errors related to libraries might be caused by old, incompatible libraries sitting around in your PATH. In this case, try moving the `julia` directory earlier in the PATH).
If everything works correctly, you will see a Julia banner and an interactive prompt into which you can enter expressions for evaluation. (Errors related to libraries might be caused by old, incompatible libraries sitting around in your PATH. In this case, try moving the `julia` directory earlier in the PATH). Note that most of the instructions above apply to unix systems.

Your first test of Julia determines whether your build is working properly. From the UNIX/Windows command prompt inside
the `julia` source directory, type `make testall`. You should see output that lists a series of running tests;
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Executing the daily benchmark build, I will reply here when finished:

@nanosoldier runbenchmarks(ALL, isdaily = true)

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Your benchmark job has completed - possible performance regressions were detected. A full report can be found here. cc @ararslan

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