# How to properly update Julia without re-uploading packages

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**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-update-julia-without-re-uploading-packages/98599 "2023-05-10T08:45:51Z")\
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Hi @Luigi_Marongiu,

maybe this helps:

> [@How to update Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia/82058/6):
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> This can be done also when updating from, say, 1.7.x to 1.8.x. Not to manually reinstall all the packages, , after installing, just create the v1.8 folder in the folder .julia/environments/ and copy the Project.toml file from the v1.7 to the v1.8 folder. Then in a session of the new julia version run: ] instantiate See [FAQ](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#How-can-I-transfer-the-list-of-installed-packages-after-updating-my-version-of-Julia?).

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