# Changing default package installation directory

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-default-package-installation-directory/24363>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 18, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-default-package-installation-directory/24363 "2019-05-18T20:56:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![devlwkyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devlwkyan/32/8501_2.png) [@devlwkyan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devlwkyan)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-default-package-installation-directory/24363/1 "2019-05-18T20:56:39Z")

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Is there are way to change the default Julia package installation directory from /home/user/./julia to some other location on linux?

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-default-package-installation-directory/24363/2 "2019-05-18T22:06:30Z")

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You can set `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`. See [9. Glossary · Pkg.jl](https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/v1/glossary/)