[ANN] install-julia-linux

Tooling
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I’ve created a shell script to install and manage Julia versions on Linux.

My goal was to combine my favorite features from the existing jill.sh, jill.py, and juliaup.

Features from jill.py/jill.sh:

  1. Creation of convenient symlinks to julia executables
  2. No auto updates
  3. No locks
  4. No changes to .bashrc

Features from juliaup:

  1. PR versions
  2. Switch between different architectures
  3. Switch between patch versions
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v0.2.0 adds a manifest command

install-julia.sh manifest <path>: Install the stable Julia version a project’s Manifest.toml was written with, and make it the default (path is a manifest file or a project dir).

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v0.3.0 is released and adds support for macOS and FreeBSD.
There is an INSTALL_JULIA_TRIPLET environment variable to override the triplet auto-detection.

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v0.4.0 is released and can install the new nightly and PR builds again!

Added

  • install-julia.sh remove pr deletes every installed PR build.
  • sqv is supported as a signature verifier.
  • The new julia release key is added from PSA: All CI services temporarily halted - #9 by Keno
    The old key is still included but will be removed in a future release.

Changed

  • PR builds now download from Julia’s new ephemeral PR bucket (https://julialang-ephemeral-pr.s3.amazonaws.com, overridable with the new INSTALL_JULIA_PR_URL environment variable). The version specifier is now the full 40-char commit sha (e.g. pr4d42a1b8c138fd80ce23624c43185bcf7051c6f2, installed as julia-pr4d42a1b8c1) instead of pr<number>, which now fails.
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I love this script. Hit the sweet spot for simplicity and features.

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just wondering, i looked at the readme and it says the script is POSIX, would it be possible to make it work on BSD systems as well as Linux?

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Yes it works on FreeBSD and macOS if you have the required dependencies. The less common one is gpgv from gnupg.

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thats very cool!