# How do you like Julia 1.7?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405 "2021-10-26T13:34:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@leon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leon)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/1 "2021-10-26T13:34:01Z")
I’m using Julia 1.6 right now and am wondering if I should upgrade to Julia 1.7. Any advice is appreciated.
BTW, how do I upgrade to 1.7? If I have to delete my current Julia 1.6 folder before installing Julia 1.7, would I have to reinstall all the packages?
Do I need to do anything to my Jupiter and Juno Editors?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/2 "2021-10-26T13:54:29Z")
Your installed packages are separate from your Julia versions. There is the default `@v1.6` environment, and the default `@v1.7` env will be empty at first. So if you want to have the same packages in 1.7 you can just copy the project.toml and manifest.toml from the 1.6 to the 1.7 env. The environments are in the `.julia` folder.
For all external environments, it doesn’t matter that you switch Julia versions, you can just activate them and use them as before.
If you have multiple Julia versions installed, you probably need to change which path the `julia` alias points to, so external programs and the command line open the right Julia.
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/3 "2021-10-26T15:20:59Z")
> [@jules](#):
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> you can just copy the project.toml and manifest.toml from the 1.6 to the 1.7 env.
I’d recommend against copying the manifest file though, that’s very julia-version-specific
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### Author:  [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/4 "2021-10-27T00:19:49Z")
You shouldn’t delete anything. When you ask Pkg to `add` packages in the 1.7 environment, it can share things already downloaded if they happen to be compatible with the new version. I think.
I’ve been using and testing 1.7rc1 extensively since it came out, with no problems. It’s faster and has some nice enhancements, so I think you’ll be happy using it. And rc2 just came out.
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### Author:  [@leon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leon)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/5 "2021-10-27T00:32:49Z")
Many thanks! Glad to hear that Julia 1.7 is trouble free so far and to learn how the packages in Julia 1.7 will be installed.
Would you mind sharing the steps as to how to upgrade to 1.7? I have a Mac OS. so I will download the dmg file and install it into the Applications folder?
How to configure my Atom/Juno Editor and Juypter to point to the newer version?
I assume I can delete the Julia 1.6 folder safely after that? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/6 "2021-10-27T00:47:40Z")
I use Linux, so somebody who uses macOS would be able to give you a more definitive answer. But you should be able to install 1.7 the same way you installed the previous versions. Don’t worry about having more than one version installed, because Julia keeps track of your environments and packages in the .julia directory in your home directory. You can delete the Juilia 1.6 folder, because that should just contain the julia binary, its standard library, and other things that will be replaced by the new dmg. And don’t worry about deleting the old packages, because Pkg will garbage collect unused files after 30 days, so you’ll get your disk space back.
Sorry, I can’t help with Atom/Juno.
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### Author:  [@leon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leon)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/7 "2021-10-27T01:16:18Z")
Installation of Julia 1.7 is complete.
I look forward to hearing how to configure my Atom/Juno Editor and Juypter.
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/8 "2021-10-27T04:36:30Z")
For IJulia, just do `] build IJulia` at the Repl.
For Juno, the path to Julia is in the settings. By default it is empty which means it just uses whatever is on your PATH for Julia, ie you’ll get the same thing you get if you just type `julia` into a terminal. You can either change what `julia` points to or put the full path to 1.7 into the Juno settings.
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### Author:  [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/9 "2021-10-27T14:35:04Z")
As nishg said, and also look at the official instructions ([Platform Specific Instructions for Official Binaries](https://julialang.org/downloads/platform/#macos)) for details on setting the path.
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### Author:  [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/10 "2022-03-01T16:53:15Z")
3 posts were split to a new topic: [Juno throwing “Couldn’t resolve version error” with Julia 1.7](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-throwing-couldn-t-resolve-version-error-with-julia-1-7/77249)
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### Author:  [@Dustin\_Hess](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dustin_Hess)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-like-julia-1-7/70405/11 "2022-03-01T19:01:21Z")
That sounds good. I will give it a try tonight. Do have any other tips for setting up Julia with sublime txt 4?
Also I hope VsCode ccathes up. It is great but the to many features that only work half way for me.