juliac fails to compile executable: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package REPL not found in current path

[nicolamos]

I am trying to compile a script to an executable. I tried running juliac.jl with the command

julia -- ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/juliac.jl -vRe ./test.jl

where test.jl is simply

println("TEST")

It fails with error: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package REPL not found in current path.
It seems that LOAD_PATH is not set when compiling the generated script, although it contains the paths I added in my startup.jl file.

This may be related to #47 .

The complete log:

ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package REPL not found in current path:
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("REPL")` to install the REPL package.

in expression starting at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/run_julia_code.jl:6
ERROR: LoadError: failed process: Process(`/Applications/Julia-1.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia --optimize=3 -g0 --output-o=test.a --track-allocation=none --code-coverage=none --history-file=yes --inline=yes --math-mode=ieee --compile=yes --track-allocation=none --sysimage-native-code=yes --sysimage=/Applications/Julia-1.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib --compiled-modules=yes --optimize=2 ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/sysimg/run_julia_code.jl`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String, ::Base.Process, ::String, ::Int64, ::String) at ./error.jl:42
 [2] pipeline_error at ./process.jl:785 [inlined]
 [3] #run#515(::Bool, ::Function, ::Cmd) at ./process.jl:726
 [4] run at ./process.jl:724 [inlined]
 [5] #run_julia#1 at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/compiler_flags.jl:225 [inlined]
 [6] #run_julia at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [7] (::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("##13#14")){Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,String,String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}},String})() at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:262
 [8] cd(::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("##13#14")){Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,String,String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}},String}, ::String) at ./file.jl:96
 [9] #build_object#12(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,NTuple{14,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:sysimage, :startup_file, :handle_signals, :sysimage_native_code, :compiled_modules, :depwarn, :warn_overwrite, :compile, :cpu_target, :optimize, :debug_level, :inline, :check_bounds, :math_mode),Tuple{Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,String,String,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::String, ::String, ::Bool) at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:261
 [10] #build_object at ./none:0 [inlined]
 [11] build_object(::String, ::String, ::String, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::String, ::String, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing) at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:240
 [12] #static_julia#5(::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Nothing, ::Array{String,1}, ::typeof(static_julia), ::String) at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/src/static_julia.jl:161
 [13] (::getfield(PackageCompiler, Symbol("#kw##static_julia")))(::NamedTuple{(:verbose, :executable, :Release, :cc_flags),Tuple{Bool,Bool,Bool,Array{String,1}}}, ::typeof(static_julia), ::String) at ./none:0
 [14] julia_main(::Array{String,1}) at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/juliac.jl:178
 [15] top-level scope at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/juliac.jl:184
 [16] include at ./boot.jl:326 [inlined]
 [17] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1038
 [18] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
 [19] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at ./client.jl:267
 [20] _start() at ./client.jl:436
in expression starting at ~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/juliac.jl:183
Julia program file:
  "~/.../test.jl"
C program file:
  "~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/oT98U/examples/program.c"
Build directory:
  "~/.../builddir"
Build static library "test.a":
  atexit_hook_copy = copy(Base.atexit_hooks) # make backup
# clean state so that any package we use can carelessly call atexit
empty!(Base.atexit_hooks)
Base.__init__()
Sys.__init__() #fix https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/30479
using REPL
Base.REPL_MODULE_REF[] = REPL
M = Module()
# Include into anonymous module to not polute namespace
@eval(M, (Base.include($M, "~/.../test.jl")))
Base._atexit() # run all exit hooks we registered during precompile
empty!(Base.atexit_hooks) # don't serialize the exit hooks we run + added
# atexit_hook_copy should be empty, but who knows what base will do in the future
append!(Base.atexit_hooks, atexit_hook_copy)

[nicolamos]

I managed to successfully compile the script by setting JULIA_LOAD_PATH to /Applications/Julia-1.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia. I think, though, that this should not be necessary.

I then added a test plot with Plots and GR. The compilation is fine, but I need to set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH for the script to be able to find libGR.so or copy/sym-link it into the executable directory. I think this should be mentioned, or maybe I missed something?

[arnavs]

@myrddin89 To what did you set the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH? Having the same issue.

[nicolamos]

@myrddin89 To what did you set the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH? Having the same issue.

I am seeing this comment only now… I am so so sorry…

I did not look into it in a long time, but I think, if I remember correctly, that DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH should be set to the directory where libGR.so lives; or more appropriately, one should set the @rpath in the executable. I do not know if there have been any improvements in this direction. Maybe I will look into it.