Setup Julia and load ForecastBaselines.jl — setup_ForecastBaselines • forecastbaselines

This function initializes Julia, installs ForecastBaselines.jl if needed, and loads the package. Must be called before using any forecasting functions.

setup_ForecastBaselines(
  JULIA_HOME = NULL,
  install_package = TRUE,
  rebuild = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

JULIA_HOME: Path to Julia installation (optional, will auto-detect if not provided)
install_package: Whether to install ForecastBaselines.jl if not already installed
rebuild: Whether to rebuild the Julia system image
verbose: Whether to print verbose output during setup

Value

Invisibly returns TRUE if setup was successful

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Basic setup (auto-detect Julia)
setup_ForecastBaselines()

# Specify Julia location
setup_ForecastBaselines(JULIA_HOME = "/usr/local/julia/bin")
} # }