# Installing extension in user's folder in Linux

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/installing-extension-in-users-folder-in-linux/34805>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/installing-extension-in-users-folder-in-linux/34805 "2024-03-10T06:51:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/installing-extension-in-users-folder-in-linux/34805/3 "2024-03-10T16:44:22Z")

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It’s not set up for that. Better to either pre-install all extensions in the read-only directory or give each user their own copy of Slicer to install extensions in.

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