# Change default JULIA Path Manually in Ubuntu

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-default-julia-path-manually-in-ubuntu/50842
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-default-julia-path-manually-in-ubuntu/50842 "2020-11-26T23:17:39Z")
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### Author: ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-default-julia-path-manually-in-ubuntu/50842/4 "2020-11-27T01:42:51Z")

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How are you running Julia? Make sure the value of `PATH` is what you expect:

```nohighlight
echo ${PATH}

```

Note that in the worst case you can start Julia just by using the absolute path of the executable you want to run

Please quote your code with triple backticks, to make it easier to read the messages: [Please read: make it easier to help you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757)

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