From fce8a57b72af7ea6f8eedfaf599fd85319c04424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Rowley <github.com/cjdoris>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:14:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use juliapkg.libjulia() for faster init in juliacall

---
 pyproject.toml              | 2 +-
 pysrc/juliacall/__init__.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4135304..5dd421af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <4"
-dependencies = ["juliapkg >=0.1.21, <0.2"]
+dependencies = ["juliapkg >=0.1.24, <0.2"]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
diff --git a/pysrc/juliacall/__init__.py b/pysrc/juliacall/__init__.py
index 33991fae..1466942b 100644
--- a/pysrc/juliacall/__init__.py
+++ b/pysrc/juliacall/__init__.py
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ def args_from_config(config):
         # Find the Julia executable and project
         CONFIG['exepath'] = exepath = juliapkg.executable()
         CONFIG['project'] = project = juliapkg.project()
+        if libpath is None:
+            CONFIG['libpath'] = libpath = juliapkg.libjulia()
     else:
         raise Exception("Both PYTHON_JULIACALL_PROJECT and PYTHON_JULIACALL_EXE must be set together, not only one of them.")
     if (libpath is not None) and (exepath is None):