# V1.0 Pkg - Can't copy packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/v1-0-pkg-cant-copy-packages/18764>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/v1-0-pkg-cant-copy-packages/18764 "2018-12-17T20:45:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![crbinz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/crbinz/32/1919_2.png) [@crbinz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/crbinz)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/v1-0-pkg-cant-copy-packages/18764/2 "2018-12-17T20:47:47Z")

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Here are a couple relevant topics that might have some helpful information:

> [@How does one set up a centralized Julia installation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-one-set-up-a-centralized-julia-installation/13922):
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> I would like to start a thread about best practice for how to set up a centralized Julia installation in a cluster environment or local institution network. Hopefully, this will lead to a tutorial like write-up in the end. I want to focus on Julia 1.0 and, thus, Pkg(3). How does one set up a system wide Julia 1.0 installation, that is julia itself as well as commonly used packages? Requirements: Users should still be able to install packages not present in the central directories. As package…

> [@How to create a system administrator depot?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-a-system-administrator-depot/14122):
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> This is from the [Pkg section of the Julia doc](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Pkg/index.html) about the DEPOT\_PATH: How do I set up such a system administrator depot? Basically, what I want is to install a couple of packages system wide such that users don’t have to install them by themself. (This is in the context of [How does one set up a centralized Julia installation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-one-set-up-a-centralized-julia-installation/13922))

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