# installation on linux without sudo/root?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [March 20, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121 "2019-03-20T20:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pupuyuyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pupuyuyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pupuyuyu)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121/1 "2019-03-20T20:32:34Z")

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I was wondering if it was possible to install julia on a linux server without sudo or root? For python it is possible by miniconda. Is there any similar solution for julia?

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**Author:** ![John\_Gibson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_gibson/32/5321_2.png) [@John\_Gibson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Gibson)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121/2 "2019-03-20T20:45:12Z")

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Yes, just untar the tarball in your home directory.

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**Author:** ![ssfrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ssfrr/32/3736_2.png) [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121/3 "2019-03-20T20:45:34Z")

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When you download julia from [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/) you can place it wherever you want and run it in-place.

See my post [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-0-3-is-now-available/18810/22) for some options for how to set it up.

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**Author:** ![Elrod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/elrod/32/22461_2.png) [@Elrod](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elrod)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-on-linux-without-sudo-root/22121/4 "2019-03-21T01:24:25Z")

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I define an alias in my `.bashrc` pointing at Julia, eg:

```julia
alias ju="/home/chriselrod/Documents/languages/julia/usr/bin/julia -O3"

```

so I can launch it from the command line with `ju`. You may prefer writing out the entire name `julia`.

Atom, VS Code, and Emacs let you specify the path to the Julia binary.  
IJulia will know the path once you install the kernel.