# 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:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837/16 "2026-01-02T18:55:47Z")

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Could that be resolved by setting the [`JULIAUP_DEPOT_PATH`](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup?tab=readme-ov-file#path-used-by-juliaup)?

> [@PSA: Breaking change how juliaup interacts with JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-breaking-change-how-juliaup-interacts-with-julia-depot-path/106497):
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> This is a short note that I am about to push a breaking update for Juliaup to everyone that changes how Juliaup interacts with JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH. This is a pretty esoteric topic, so for most users of Juliaup, it is probably entirely safe to ignore this slight_smile The short version is that from now on one should use the JULIAUP\_DEPOT\_PATH environmental variable to configure into which depot Juliaup will put its configuration. Previously one could change that via the JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH environme…

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