# Unable to use CUDA from artifacts

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-use-cuda-from-artifacts/86854
**Category:** GPU
**Tags:** cuda
**Created:** [September 6, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-use-cuda-from-artifacts/86854 "2022-09-06T19:30:47Z")
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### Author: ![alexe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alexe/32/46306_2.png) [@alexe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexe)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-use-cuda-from-artifacts/86854/6 "2023-01-28T08:06:46Z")

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It looks like you are experiencing the same problem than here [post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-cuda-on-cluster-nodes-without-internet-access/79190).

As explained in the post, you should be able to use the CUDA installation provided in your cluster and not downloading anything extra. To prevent CUDA.jl downloads you should use `JULIA_CUDA_USE_BINARYBUILDER=false`

It would be nice that CUDA.jl was able to look first for a valid local CUDA installation and only if it fails start the download process. It make sense?

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