# Julia recomended directory for install

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 12, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-recomended-directory-for-install/33275 "2020-01-12T19:29:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-recomended-directory-for-install/33275/3 "2020-01-12T19:54:26Z")

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Here’s my workflow: [Transitioning from Ubuntu PPA to official binaries - #2 by rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transitioning-from-ubuntu-ppa-to-official-binaries/28650/2)

The primary difference from what @John_Gibson suggested is that I make a symlink to the `julia` executable and put it in a directory which is already on the `PATH` (like `/usr/local/bin`) instead of modifying `PATH` in `.bashrc`.

I prefer this approach because it means that programs which are not launched from bash (and thus don’t read your `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile`) will still be able to find Julia.

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