# What parts of .julia can be read-only?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-parts-of-julia-can-be-read-only/42922>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 12, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-parts-of-julia-can-be-read-only/42922 "2020-07-12T05:18:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-parts-of-julia-can-be-read-only/42922/1 "2020-07-12T05:18:42Z")

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I am trying to setup a read-only central Julia repository in our GPU cluster using JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH. However I keep getting errors with certain operations on client machines. As I get errors I symlink directories such as `compiled` and `logs` to read-write locations. Which subdirectories in .julia are allowed to be read-only and which are not, is there a clear list?