# Package to extract jll(s) and/or artifact(s) to use as CLI program

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-to-extract-jll-s-and-or-artifact-s-to-use-as-cli-program/108989>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-to-extract-jll-s-and-or-artifact-s-to-use-as-cli-program/108989 "2024-01-19T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bdk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@bdk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bdk)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-to-extract-jll-s-and-or-artifact-s-to-use-as-cli-program/108989/1 "2024-01-19T00:00:00Z")

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I swear I once came across a package which which would extract julia artifacts (jll?) into a standalone unit. But I can’t remember the name to find it. Am I dreaming this?  
As I recall, it could either symlink the deps from the DEPOT path or optionally copy them into a directory tree.  
Does anyone recall such a thing?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-to-extract-jll-s-and-or-artifact-s-to-use-as-cli-program/108989/2 "2024-01-19T00:12:58Z")

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Perhaps you are thinking of [JLLPrefixes](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/JLLPrefixes.jl) or [ygg](https://github.com/fredrikekre/ygg)?

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**Author:** ![bdk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@bdk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bdk)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-to-extract-jll-s-and-or-artifact-s-to-use-as-cli-program/108989/3 "2024-01-19T04:15:20Z")

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Thanks @fredrikekre ! JLLPrefixes looks like the one I was thinking of.

I’m creating a Julia “highlights” presentation for our software team, at work. One point I wanted to mention is how Julia more than plays well with other languages. For example, [BinaryBuilder.jl](https://docs.binarybuilder.org) sometimes seems to even build things even more reproducibely and comprehensively than those standard upstream packagers; with the products even available for use outside of Julia. Then I realized many jlls still depend on other jll libs to actually run. But then I thought I remembered a package which might end up pulling all the deps to actually make that work.  
It was just a link I wanted to add to presentation, but couldn’t find/recall.  
Thanks!