julia_setup() hanging after message on "Loading setup script" on Windows 10, R 4.3.1, Julia 1.9.2

[durraniu]

I have JuliaCall package installed and julia 1.9.2 is in my system path (REPL runs outside RStudio). My R version is 4.3.1 I am on Windows 10.

With julia_setup(), I get the following message and then it just hangs.

    Julia version 1.9.2 at location C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\JULIA-~1.2\bin will be used.
    Loading setup script for JuliaCall...

I tried with the development version, but that did not work either. I know there was a previous similar issue but it was not on Windows.

[frankiethull]

@durraniu - how long did it get hung up for? I thought there might be an error as well, but after 5-10 minutes staring at "Loading setup script for JuliaCall..." it finished. My setup is similar to yours, with a newer version of Julia.

Loading setup script for JuliaCall...
Finish loading setup script for JuliaCall.

Julia version 1.9.3
JuliaCall_0.17.5

R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)

[durraniu]

I waited for about 18 minutes with no change. But I'll try after updating both julia and the package. Thanks.

[bschneidr]

I waited for 20 minutes and gave up after that. Right now this bug makes Julia unusable in Quarto for me.

[alex-rand]

I am also having this problem

[renanmarks]

Same here. Calling julia_setup() crashes the R server every time.

[fkohrt]

Also having this problem in the Posit Cloud when running JuliaCall::julia_setup()

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
• Julia: 1.9.1
• JuliaCall: 0.17.5