# Exclude a specific package when using pkg.instantiate in an environment shared between two machines

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exclude-a-specific-package-when-using-pkg-instantiate-in-an-environment-shared-between-two-machines/121098>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exclude-a-specific-package-when-using-pkg-instantiate-in-an-environment-shared-between-two-machines/121098 "2024-10-09T09:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![PetrosStefanou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@PetrosStefanou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrosStefanou)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exclude-a-specific-package-when-using-pkg-instantiate-in-an-environment-shared-between-two-machines/121098/1 "2024-10-09T09:41:22Z")

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Hello everyone,

I have some julia code that I run either on my local machine or on a remote cluster. Inside my project directory, I have created an environment with its Project.toml y Manifest.toml. To keep the two machines up to date, this directory (and therefore the aforementioned files) is shared between them. Every time I execute code on the remote cluster, I run `]instantiate` to make sure that if I happen to add a package in my local machine it is also added on the remote one.

Among the packages, there is a visualization one (Makie) that fails to precompile on the remote machine because of some missing dependencies unrelated to julia. In reality, I don’t need this package on the remote machine because visualization is done on my local one.

The question is, how can I exclude this package from being precompiled only on the remote machine using my set up? What I have in mind is something like a local settings file that tells the package manager to exclude it. Is something like that possible?

Thanks in advance for your help.