# Can I upgrade Julia that was installed with Apt?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [December 20, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884 "2017-12-20T17:46:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_Applin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/frank_applin/32/1654_2.png) [@Frank\_Applin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frank_Applin)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/1 "2017-12-20T17:46:54Z")

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Hi,

I’m running Julia 0.6.0 arm-linux-gnueabihf on my Raspberry Pi Zero. I installed it using `apt-get install julia` on Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch). I tried to build the latest Julia from source, but I wasn’t successful. So, can I somehow just upgrade the version I have installed?

Thanks,

Frank

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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/2 "2017-12-20T17:57:00Z")

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The `apt` versions of Julia are not officially maintained and can be quite out of date. It’s recommended to just download the Linux binaries (for ARM in your case) from [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/) . You can just uninstall the `apt` version and install the linux binaries using the instructions here: [https://julialang.org/downloads/platform.html#generic-linux-binaries](https://julialang.org/downloads/platform.html#generic-linux-binaries)

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Applin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/frank_applin/32/1654_2.png) [@Frank\_Applin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frank_Applin)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/3 "2017-12-20T17:59:38Z")

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Will the Arm7 version work on a Raspberry Pi Zero? It’s an Arm6 architecture.

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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/4 "2017-12-20T18:12:43Z")

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Ah, good question. I’m afraid I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![simonbyrne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simonbyrne/32/19_2.png) [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/5 "2017-12-20T18:21:54Z")

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Sorry. While we do try to keep Raspbian up to date, the release process still involves a lot of manual steps.

If you want to try it yourself, some useful resources are:  
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/README.arm.md#32-bit-armv6-armv7](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/README.arm.md#32-bit-armv6-armv7) and [https://github.com/JuliaBerry/julia-raspbian](https://github.com/JuliaBerry/julia-raspbian)

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Applin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/frank_applin/32/1654_2.png) [@Frank\_Applin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frank_Applin)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/6 "2017-12-20T18:26:35Z")

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Thanks. That is what I was initially trying to follow. I’m not sure what dependencies I might of been missing, but it failed (and so very slow). So, I just took the easy route for now (hoping for a path to upgrade from there).

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**Author:** ![simonbyrne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simonbyrne/32/19_2.png) [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/7 "2017-12-21T00:09:17Z")

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Yeah, you don’t really want to build on a Pi Zero, it’s slow enough on a Pi 3, and even then you need a heatsink.

I’m trying now to make a new build, will let you know how it goes.

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**Author:** ![simonbyrne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simonbyrne/32/19_2.png) [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/8 "2017-12-21T01:49:42Z")

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Bad news I’m afraid. Compilation seems to be overtaxing my cheap power supply, so this will have to wait until I can get a new one.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Applin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/frank_applin/32/1654_2.png) [@Frank\_Applin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frank_Applin)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/9 "2017-12-21T12:12:41Z")

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Thanks, Simon!

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Applin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/frank_applin/32/1654_2.png) [@Frank\_Applin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frank_Applin)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-upgrade-julia-that-was-installed-with-apt/7884/10 "2017-12-21T12:13:06Z")

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OK. Thanks, Anyway.