# A proper introduction on how to update julia somewhere accessible?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-proper-introduction-on-how-to-update-julia-somewhere-accessible/28166
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** faq
**Created:** [August 29, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-proper-introduction-on-how-to-update-julia-somewhere-accessible/28166 "2019-08-29T14:12:23Z")
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### Author: ![Lilith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lilith/32/27492_2.png) [@Lilith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lilith)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-proper-introduction-on-how-to-update-julia-somewhere-accessible/28166/14 "2021-11-26T17:40:16Z")

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> [@kevbonham](#):
>
> Thanks for writing this up! I agree having guides like this is important. Hopefully, at some point there will be more tooling for stuff like this.

There is now more tooling!

```julia
]add UpdateJulia
using UpdateJulia
update_julia()

```

> [@UpdateJulia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updatejulia/72128):
>
> Updating Julia should be easy. The easier it is, the more likely folks will develop with the latest versions, and the less friction we will have with fast paced language development. Currently, it is challenging. There are [several](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-upgrade-julia-to-a-new-release/17381) [long, unresolved](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-simple-julia-upgrade-command/45691) discourse [threads](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-proper-introduction-on-how-to-update-julia-somewhere-accessible/28166) on the topic, 3rd party [instructions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30555225/how-to-upgrade-julia-to-a-new-release) [galore](https://newbedev.com/how-to-upgrade-julia-to-a-new-release), and more [instructions](https://problemxsolutions.com/programming/julia/linux-ubuntu-20-04-upgrading-julia-v1-4-1-to-v1-5-3/). The situation is summed up quite well in this concise question and its first answer We have [jill.py](https://github.com/johnnychen94/jill.py), but one of the great attractions of julia is that it is self …

> **[GitHub - LilithHafner/UpdateJulia.jl: Simple cross platform Julia installer](https://github.com/LilithHafner/UpdateJulia.jl)**
>
> Simple cross platform Julia installer

I believe this package will handle “Downloading Julia”, “Updating Julia for the terminal”, and " Updating Julia for Juno" (via the method @kevbonham recommended of symlinking in bin).

Should it also support migrating `Project.toml` and running `Pkg.update()`?

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