# Can I install an executable in $PREFIX/bin using Pkg?

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 26, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-install-an-executable-in-prefix-bin-using-pkg/20128 "2019-01-26T15:35:27Z")\
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> [@ninjaaron](#):
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> I’m not thinking of binaries, just installing little uncompiled Julia executables somewhere in the user’s $PATH in a manor similar to what Python packages and Ruby gems do.

@ninjaaron I think the [jlenv org](https://www.github.com/jlenv) might be of interest to you? One of the tools is jlenv - a port of the rbnev/pyenv tools. That said the use of binstubs in Julia seems relatively limited, so there maybe sharp edges when using these tools.

The [jlenv org](https://www.github.com/jlenv) contains a collection projects addressing the various use cases that give rise to needing to switch between different versions of Julia.

The [announcement](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-build-jlenv-jlenv-plugins-and-jlenv-cookbook/30528) in the Tools forum has more details.

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