# .julia directory shared by different versions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-directory-shared-by-different-versions/40770>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-directory-shared-by-different-versions/40770 "2020-06-04T23:05:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pauljurczak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pauljurczak/32/921_2.png) [@pauljurczak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pauljurczak)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-directory-shared-by-different-versions/40770/1 "2020-06-04T23:05:17Z")

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I have 2 versions of Julia, but as far as I can tell they share `/home/paul/.julia` working directory. Is that OK? Should I configure something differently? It seems to be working, but maybe there are some gotchas.

If it’s discussed in the documentation, just point me in the right direction.

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-directory-shared-by-different-versions/40770/2 "2020-06-05T01:41:33Z")

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I believe the environments in this folder are separate for any Julia version you may have installed.

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**Author:** ![pauljurczak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pauljurczak/32/921_2.png) [@pauljurczak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pauljurczak)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-directory-shared-by-different-versions/40770/3 "2020-06-05T01:52:43Z")

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You are right. I should have looked a bit deeper. I can see `v1.4` and `v1.5` subdirectories under `compiled` and `environments`.