# The packages in different paths can't work together

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472 "2019-10-30T02:38:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472/1 "2019-10-30T02:38:39Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/2/124cf59c87687cc8053d1201fb56ef6e16904f8b.png)

The package “StringEncodings” installed in Repl, which only could be loaded in Repl but not in script by “using StringEncodings”

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**Author:** ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472/2 "2019-10-30T03:04:46Z")

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Pkg.status() display “Julia Packages”

“Julia Packages” are packages for Julia Language

“Atom Packages” are packages for Atom Application

You cannot install on Atom Application a “Julia Package”.

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**Author:** ![Yan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472/3 "2019-10-30T03:37:03Z")

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Despite the StringEncodings package installed in Julia, the “using StringEncodings” sentence doesn’t work in julia file, unless run “using StringEncodings” in repel. Why?

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**Author:** ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472/4 "2019-10-30T06:05:10Z")

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Execute this instruction both in your REPL and in your julia script file. And come back with the results for both.

print(pwd())

```julia
julia> print(pwd())
/Users/ssiew/juliascript/pdfp

```

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**Author:** ![Yan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-packages-in-different-paths-cant-work-together/30472/5 "2019-10-30T08:38:21Z")

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Both of them show D:\myprojects\