# Problems with executable compilation using PackageCompiler.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-executable-compilation-using-packagecompiler-jl/25892>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** compilation, binarybuilder\
**Created:** [July 1, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-executable-compilation-using-packagecompiler-jl/25892 "2019-07-01T12:38:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-executable-compilation-using-packagecompiler-jl/25892/6 "2019-07-02T11:32:40Z")

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> [@gabrielfreire](#):
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> I feel it is a very terrible idea to make `CLI` tools in `Julia` at the moment.

> [@vitreo12](#):
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> Yes, I am starting to realize that aswell. It’s kind of sad to not have a proper static compilation pipeline in Julia that would allow it to be used as a more generic programming language, giving its amazing features and syntax!

Getting a bit of topic, but have you experimented with `--compile=min`? For one-time scripts like a CLI that can be much faster, see e.g. the time comparisons here: [`jlpkg` -- a command line interface to Pkg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jlpkg-a-command-line-interface-to-pkg/24077)

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