gives the top‐level directory in which your Wolfram System installation resides.
$InstallationDirectory
gives the top‐level directory in which your Wolfram System installation resides.
Details
- $InstallationDirectory returns the full name of the directory as a string.
- Typical values are:
-
C:\Program␣Files\Wolfram␣Research\Wolfram\14.3 Windows/Applications/Wolfram.app/Contents macOS/usr/local/Wolfram/Wolfram/14.3 Linux
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
This product's installation directory:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 2003 (5.0) | Updated in 2024 (14.1)
Text
Wolfram Research (2003), $InstallationDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html (updated 2024).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2003. "$InstallationDirectory." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2024. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2003). $InstallationDirectory. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$installationdirectory, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$InstallationDirectory}", year="2024", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$installationdirectory, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$InstallationDirectory}, year={2024}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}