Quarto + Julia Skill
Status: Production Ready Trit: 0 (ERGODIC - coordinator/synthesizer) Purpose: Reproducible documents with Julia code blocks and GF(3) skill tracking
Quarto is a scientific publishing system that renders .qmd files to HTML, PDF, and more. Combined with Julia, it enables:
| Feature | julia Engine (NEW) | jupyter Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Execute Julia code | ✅ | ✅ |
| Keep sessions alive |
| ✅ |
| ✅ |
| No Python required | ✅ | ❌ |
| No global pkg install | ✅ | ❌ |
| juliaup integration | ✅ | ❌ |
| Python/R via PythonCall/RCall | ✅ | ❌ |
| QuartoTools.jl expandable cells | ✅ | ❌ |
Recommendation: Use engine: julia for new projects.
# Download and extract
cd /tmp
curl -sL https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v1.6.42/quarto-1.6.42-macos.tar.gz -o quarto.tar.gz
tar -xzf quarto.tar.gz
# Install to ~/bin with proper structure
mkdir -p ~/bin/quarto-1.6.42
cp -r bin share ~/bin/quarto-1.6.42/
# Create wrapper script (critical for path resolution)
cat > ~/bin/quarto << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
export QUARTO_SHARE_PATH="$HOME/bin/quarto-1.6.42/share"
exec "$HOME/bin/quarto-1.6.42/bin/quarto" "$@"
EOF
chmod +x ~/bin/quarto
# Add to PATH
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
# Verify
quarto --version # Should show 1.6.42
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