# ANN: Julia Installer 4 Linux - Light

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978 "2017-11-09T11:25:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![abelsiqueira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abelsiqueira/32/47269_2.png) [@abelsiqueira](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abelsiqueira)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/1 "2017-11-09T11:25:32Z")

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I’ve created [JILL](https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill), a script to install the latest stable Julia on Linux.

My objective was to provide a quick way to install Julia without depending on the distribution, in the way that I use the Julia binaries: (download, unpack, link to /usr/local/bin).

I welcome opinions and contributions from other Linux users.

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/2 "2017-11-09T12:33:35Z")

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Cool. You probably want to build a system-specific image as well, see point #7 in [http://www.stochasticlifestyle.com/7-julia-gotchas-handle/](http://www.stochasticlifestyle.com/7-julia-gotchas-handle/).

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**Author:** ![yuyichao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yuyichao/32/20_2.png) [@yuyichao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yuyichao)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/3 "2017-11-09T12:37:59Z")

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> [@mauro3](#):
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> You probably want to build a system-specific image as well

Not anymore.

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**Author:** ![innerlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b19c9b/32.png) [@innerlee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/innerlee)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/4 "2017-11-09T13:18:07Z")

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A non-sudo version would be great 🙂

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/5 "2017-11-09T13:19:16Z")

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> [@yuyichao](#):
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> Not anymore.

Can you elaborate why that is?

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**Author:** ![yuyichao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yuyichao/32/20_2.png) [@yuyichao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yuyichao)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/6 "2017-11-09T13:25:59Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/21849](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/21849)

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/7 "2017-11-09T13:55:06Z")

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Cool! So has this been used to create the current 0.6.1 distribution?

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**Author:** ![yuyichao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yuyichao/32/20_2.png) [@yuyichao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yuyichao)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/8 "2017-11-09T13:57:15Z")

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no, nightly only

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**Author:** ![abelsiqueira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abelsiqueira/32/47269_2.png) [@abelsiqueira](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abelsiqueira)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-installer-4-linux-light/6978/9 "2017-11-09T15:47:02Z")

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A non-sudo version is up now. It requires creating a folder beforehand and adding it to `PATH`.