# Juno is not picking up JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH environment variable

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-is-not-picking-up-julia-depot-path-environment-variable/17556
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-is-not-picking-up-julia-depot-path-environment-variable/17556 "2018-11-15T13:30:19Z")
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### Author: ![e3c6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-is-not-picking-up-julia-depot-path-environment-variable/17556/1 "2018-11-15T13:30:19Z")

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I’m on Linux Mint and just installed Atom/Juno afresh. When I open Atom from the menu, it doesn’t pick up the JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH environment variable. If I open the Juno REPL, it proceeds to install Atom.jl, Juno.jl, etc. to the default depot location, under `$HOME/.julia/...`.

If I open `atom` from the terminal instead, it does pick up the value of JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH and realizes that I have all these things already installed.

I have zsh, and I am exporting JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH in my .zshrc file. Any idea of how I can get the Atom from the menu to pick up my depot path? Perhaps there is a special setting for Juno?

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### Author: ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-is-not-picking-up-julia-depot-path-environment-variable/17556/2 "2018-11-15T14:00:30Z")

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Either start Atom via `zsh` or set the environment variable globally.

You could also put something like

```julia
process.env['JULIA_DEPOT_PATH'] = 'path'

```

into your startup file in Atom (`~/.atom/init.coffee` or `Application: Open your init script` in Atom) and that’ll make sure that Julia knows about the environment variable regardless of where you start it from.

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### Author: ![e3c6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-is-not-picking-up-julia-depot-path-environment-variable/17556/3 "2018-11-15T14:12:18Z")

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Thanks that works!