# Do I have to re-add the package after upgrading Julia to a newer versions?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729 "2020-04-17T01:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Haolun\_Li](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/haolun_li/32/13897_2.png) [@Haolun\_Li](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Haolun_Li)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729/1 "2020-04-17T01:18:35Z")

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I upgraded my Julia from 1.3 to 1.4 today. But `using some_pkg` where `some_pkg` is a package I added when using v1.3 no longer works. Do I have to re-add all the packages again in 1.4 or is there an easy way for me to relocate the already installed packages to the current version?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729/2 "2020-04-17T01:53:31Z")

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In general moving up a version x.y.z in x or y requires pacakges to re-installed.

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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729/3 "2020-04-17T02:17:38Z")

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Try renaming the folder at ` ~/.julia/environments/v1.3` to v1.4. Then launch Julia 1.4 and type:

```julia
]up

```

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-have-to-re-add-the-package-after-upgrading-julia-to-a-newer-versions/37729/4 "2020-04-17T05:18:36Z")

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Or, alternatively, symlink all `v1.x` directories to a common one, eg `v1`.