# Before upgrading Julia version for the first time: What happens with the packages in each local environment?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/before-upgrading-julia-version-for-the-first-time-what-happens-with-the-packages-in-each-local-environment/93175 "2023-01-18T17:56:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/before-upgrading-julia-version-for-the-first-time-what-happens-with-the-packages-in-each-local-environment/93175/1 "2023-01-18T17:56:47Z")

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Hi, first of all I would like to know the step by step procedure to upgrade Julia. I would also like to know what happens with the package versions I have in a local environment. How are them updated?  
If I keep older julia versions it is not a problem, but would prefer that the latest version is named just “julia”.  
Thank you very much,