You shouldn't need root access. Just did this few weeks ago (downloaded and installed 0.3.8). Should work in any directory you have write access on.
On Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 10:17:03 AM UTC-4, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > I never cease to be impressed by Julia's speed. I just wrote a test > program in Julia and Fortran 90 (it computes the gravitational force > between some planets). To my surprise, the Julia version was 7% faster than > Fortran. > > So... apparently one can write N-body codes with Julia. > > Suppose I wrote a simulation in Julia. What would be the best way to > deploy it to a distant computer cluster where I do not have root access? > The cluster runs Linux. Can I get a single stand-alone Julia binary that I > can just push to the cluster so I can run Julia programs there? The > advantage of a stand-alone binary is that I could include it in a zip file > and give it to my colleagues to try my program. > > Let me know if you have any suggestions. > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- > When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase > that means it's not fun to do. >
