# .julia folder in dropbox

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 11, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523 "2019-01-11T16:06:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![matthieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@matthieu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/matthieu)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523/1 "2019-01-11T16:06:48Z")

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Is it a good idea to put the .julia folder in a dropbox folder, so that it syncs across all my computers, or would it lead to subtle bugs?

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**Author:** ![longemen3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/longemen3000/32/7298_2.png) [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523/2 "2019-01-11T17:04:03Z")

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mmm, i don’t think so, but maybe you should add your dropbox folder to each computer’s path if you want to use the julia executable directly in those computers

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**Author:** ![matthieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@matthieu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/matthieu)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523/3 "2019-01-14T19:24:39Z")

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Thanks. I am not looking to share the julia executable, just the .julia folder, that has all the downloaded packages.

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**Author:** ![heliosdrm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heliosdrm/32/3851_2.png) [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-dropbox/19523/4 "2019-01-14T20:54:35Z")

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Perhaps I’m mistaken, but I guess that the build and precompilation done when the packages are installed or updated in one machine may not work well if you use the packages in a different machine. That may lead to frequent recompilations, each time you switch between machines, or perhaps they just won’t work.