# Forced to use juliaup: not cool

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** juliaup\
**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837 "2026-01-02T04:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837/14 "2026-01-02T16:57:12Z")

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A post was split to a new topic: [Why is juliaup emphasized as the installation mechanism?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844)

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