Julia: Problems with Adding Packages (BinDeps)

Question

I am new to Julia's package manager, and I am having trouble installing GLPK and LinProgGLPK.
I have already run Pkg.Init() and have successfully installed Curl using Pkg.add("Curl"). However, when I try to install GLPK or LinProgGLPK (using Pkg.add("GLPK") and Pkg.add("LinProgGLPK")), I get the following message:

MESSAGE: Installing BinDeps v0.0.0
ERROR: Path BinDeps already exists! Please remove to allow installation.
 in _resolve at pkg.jl:345
 in anonymous at no file:163
 in cd at file.jl:26
 in cd_pkgdir at pkg.jl:42
 in add at pkg.jl:143
 in add at pkg.jl:175

I seem to get the same message for other packages that are dependent on BinDeps (including Winston).

I have tried calling Pkg.rm("BinDeps"), Pkg.add("BinDeps"), Pkg.update(), and Pkg.resolve(), and then returned to trying to add GLPK, but the same message persists. I have also entered ~/.julia to remove the BinDeps folder, but that did not work either. What am I missing?

P.S. I am running julia in Linux Ubuntu.

Answer 1

Honestly, when something gets screwed up, it's best just to wipe ~/.julia and re-add the packages.

Just make sure you back up your local changes!