# How to install Julia 1.11 on Mac?

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**Created:** [February 28, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-julia-1-11-on-mac/135915 "2026-02-28T10:53:35Z")\
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For a course, I want my students to use Julia 1.11. For installation, the suggested way is

```julia-auto
curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh

```

But this installs Julia 1.12.

Is there a way to download and install either no Julia (only juliaup) and do that in a second step, or to download and install Julia 1.11 directly?

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According to juliaup’s README ([GitHub - JuliaLang/juliaup: Julia installer and version multiplexer](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup)), the installation script supports extra arguments:

```julia-auto
curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh -s -- <ARGS>

```

One of them is:

- `--default-channel <NAME>`: Configure the default channel. For example `--default-channel lts` would install the `lts` channel and configure it as the default.

I think you should be able to run:

```julia-auto
curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh -s -- --default-channel 1.11

```

to install the latest version of Julia 1.11.