# How to disable automatic precompilation of packages in Julia 1.6

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**Category:** Package Management\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-automatic-precompilation-of-packages-in-julia-1-6/57053 "2021-03-13T01:34:59Z")\
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How can I prevent automatic precompilation after adding a package in Julia 1.6?

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To disable automatic precompilation in Julia 1.6 and later, set

```julia
ENV["JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO"]=0

```

Source: [12. API Reference · Pkg.jl](https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/dev/api/#Pkg.precompile)

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-automatic-precompilation-of-packages-in-julia-1-6/57053/3 "2024-06-06T13:58:44Z")

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I’m trying to avoid precompilation of `Plots` when generating the documentation of a package. I only need Plots to trigger the loading of an extension such that the doc strings of the extension get loaded and shown in the docs.

I’ve tried adding `ENV["JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO"]=0` to the top of the `make.jl` file, but that didn’t do the trick. Then I used it in the section where I’m running `using LiveServer; servedocs()`, and still got everything precompiling.

Any idea on how to disable precompilation in that context? If specifically for a specific package even better.