# Can't install Julia on work PC. No Github access or General Registry. Solutions?

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653 "2021-06-10T02:33:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![liviomaya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liviomaya/32/24871_2.png) [@liviomaya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liviomaya)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/1 "2021-06-10T02:33:56Z")

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I love using Julia and want to use it on work. But my company blocks access to most Github repositories. Moreover, when I install Julia, I do not even get the general registry - probably some other website blocked. And even if I did, I can’t be sure Julia would succeed in cloning the Github repositories of all the packages I need.

So, before giving up and asking them to buy me a MatLab license, two questions:

1. Is there a “MatLab license” equivalent to Julia? That is, some paid IDE service **that comes with some pre-built packages**? Remember: I can’t get them from Github!
2. If not, is there a way to copy and paste the packages’ folders from my laptop to the work PC and install them? A short guide would be very useful!!

Thank you so much. And if this is something trivial, I am really sorry!

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/2 "2021-06-10T02:50:44Z")

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There was some work detailed here on a portable Julia but IIRC it requires internet access

> [@Portable Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/portable-julia/45339):
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> I noticed that a portable Julia is now available for the Windows platform. I think this might lead to a Julia-on-a-stick, but a little bit more work is required, I think. I started putting together a bash script for this purpose. Any interest?

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**Author:** ![affans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/affans/32/11911_2.png) [@affans](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/affans)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/3 "2021-06-10T03:25:46Z")

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Could you possibly download libraries at home and then basically carry the `.julia` folder around?

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**Author:** ![liviomaya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liviomaya/32/24871_2.png) [@liviomaya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liviomaya)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/4 "2021-06-10T03:30:03Z")

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I don’t know. Could I??

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**Author:** ![liviomaya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liviomaya/32/24871_2.png) [@liviomaya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liviomaya)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/5 "2021-06-10T03:30:41Z")

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I mean of course I can, but would Julia work as usual on the new PC??

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/6 "2021-06-10T03:52:32Z")

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True, the initial install needs access to the general registry. But one could init the env on one machine, and then copy the whole thing (Julia, depot, accessories) to a machine w/o internet access. I haven’t actually tested this though.

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**Author:** ![heetbeet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heetbeet/32/20958_2.png) [@heetbeet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heetbeet)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-install-julia-on-work-pc-no-github-access-or-general-registry-solutions/62653/7 "2021-06-10T05:08:41Z")

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If you are on a corporate PC, I’m taking a guess you use windows. You can try Juliawin: [GitHub - heetbeet/juliawin: A portable Julia for Windows, bundled with VSCode, Pluto, Conda & PyCall, and more.](https://github.com/heetbeet/juliawin)