# How to inherit packages from Julia 1.6.4?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-inherit-packages-from-julia-1-6-4/72362>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-inherit-packages-from-julia-1-6-4/72362 "2021-12-01T12:03:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-inherit-packages-from-julia-1-6-4/72362/1 "2021-12-01T12:03:31Z")

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I have installed Julia 1.7.0. But it does not recognize (load) the packages installed in the previous Version Julia 1.6.4.

```julia
(@v1.7) pkg> up
    Updating registry at `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\registries\General`
    Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
  No Changes to `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.7\Project.toml`
  No Changes to `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.7\Manifest.toml`

(@v1.7) pkg> st
      Status `C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.7\Project.toml` (empty project)

(@v1.7) pkg>

```

What to do?

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-inherit-packages-from-julia-1-6-4/72362/2 "2021-12-01T12:08:22Z")

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As you can see from the file paths, the 1.7 environment is different from the 1.6 environment:

```julia
`C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.7\Project.toml`

```

is not the same file as

```julia
`C:\Users\Hermesr\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`

```

you can copy over your Project.toml from 1.6 into the 1.7 folder, although ideally this shouldn’t be necessary as you shouldn’t have many packages in the default environment anyways!

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-inherit-packages-from-julia-1-6-4/72362/3 "2021-12-01T12:15:31Z")

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See also the answer in the FAQ:

[Frequently Asked Questions · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#How-can-I-transfer-the-list-of-installed-packages-after-updating-my-version-of-Julia)?