Install Julia >v1.1.1 on Raspberry Pi Zero W

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I'm trying to use the PortAudio package in Julia on a Raspberry Pi Zero W running Raspberry Pi OS like so:

using Pkg
Pkg.add("PortAudio")

This fails with the error:

ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package PortAudio [80ea8bcb]:
 PortAudio [80ea8bcb] log:
 ├─possible versions are: 1.1.1-1.1.2 or uninstalled
 ├─restricted to versions * by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions 1.1.1-1.1.2
 └─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: uninstalled — no versions left

The version of Julia in apt is v1.0.3, which explains the above error. So I'm trying to install the latest version of Julia. The pre-compiled binaries won't run (Illegal instruction error) so I'm trying to compile it following the instructions from here:

sudo apt-get -y update 
sudo apt-get install build-essential libatomic1 python gfortran perl wget m4 cmake pkg-config libopenblas-dev git ccache

I then added this to /etc/dphys-swapfile

CONF_SWAPSIZE=8192
CONF_MAXSWAP=8192

Then

git clone https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia.git
cd julia
git checkout v1.6.2
make

This fails with this error:

Illegal instruction
make[1]: *** [Makefile:222: julia_flisp.boot] Error 132
make: *** [Makefile:43: julia_flisp.boot.inc.phony] Error 2

I think the issue here is that you need to tell it which ARM CPU the Pi uses, so following these instructions and this thread I added this to Make.user:

JULIA_CPU_TARGET=arm1176jzf-s
USE_BINARYBUILDER=0

But I get the same error, albeit with a suggestion to try make -C deps clean-openblas and rebuild with make OPENBLAS_USE_THREAD=0 or make OPENBLAS_TARGET_ARCH=NEHALEM. Neither fixes the problem. Also tried this python script (error downloading julia-1.6-latest ) and these instructions to install via docker (standard_init_linux.go:228: exec user process caused: exec format error) but could not get either to work.

I've tried absolutely everything I can find online. Someone please help! How do I install a recent version (>v1.1.1) of Julia on a Pi Zero?

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1 Answers

I did it! Code quoted from this website:

yourmainPC $ ssh pi@raspberrypi.local # Assume You are going to login to your Pi via SSH
pi@raspberrypi $ curl -fsSL get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && sh get-docker.sh
pi@raspberrypi $ sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker # if you like to skip `sudo`
pi@raspberrypi $ exit
yourmainPC $ ssh pi@raspberrypi.local # login again
pi@raspberrypi $ JL_VERSION=v1.5.1
pi@raspberrypi $ IMAGE_NAME=terasakisatoshi/jlcross:rpizero-${JL_VERSION}
pi@raspberrypi $ CONTAINER_NAME=jltmp_${JL_VERSION}
pi@raspberrypi $ docker run --name ${CONTAINER_NAME} $IMAGE_NAME /bin/bash
pi@raspberrypi $ docker cp ${CONTAINER_NAME}:/home/pi/julia-${JL_VERSION} .
pi@raspberrypi $ docker rm ${CONTAINER_NAME}
pi@raspberrypi $ ls 
julia-v1.5.1 # <---- this is it
pi@raspberrypi $ cd julia-v1.5.1/bin
pi@raspberrypi $ ./julia # tada!!!
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