# How to update Julia in Juliaup?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** juliaup\
**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067 "2022-09-11T08:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shayan/32/33025_2.png) [@Shayan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shayan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/1 "2022-09-11T08:32:13Z")

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I’m using Juliaup in my Windows OS, and now I’m waiting for Julia 1.8.1 to be installable by Juliaup. In their Github, they stated that `juliaup update` should do the job and update the installed Julia to the latest release available. But when I enter that command, nothing is printed. Also, I can’t even run Juliaup as a stand-alone application in my OS:

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When I click on it, nothing happens. I can solely reach out to Juliaup using my Terminal by starting with `Juliaup ...`.

1. Why Juliaup application doesn’t show up when I click on it? I expect a specific terminal at least.
2. for god’s sake, how can I update Julia using Juliaup? Explain like I’m 7.

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**Author:** ![Wen-Wei\_Tseng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wen-wei_tseng/32/28839_2.png) [@Wen-Wei\_Tseng](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Wen-Wei_Tseng)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/2 "2022-09-11T08:57:01Z")

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Hi, a fellow `juliaup` user here. There is some delay between `juliaup`’s [Github repository](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup) and Windows store. Right I’m still on `juliaup` 1.7.22 (with Julia 1.8.0) while it’s 1.7.23 (with Julia 1.8.1) at GitHub.

1. `juliaup` (often) requires a terminal APP (e.g. Windows terminal) to run its commands. (To see its available commands, just type `juliaup` in Windows terminal)
2. To update the Julia version, type `juliaup update`. To update `juliaup` itself, type `juliaup self update`.

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**Author:** ![Shayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shayan/32/33025_2.png) [@Shayan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shayan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/3 "2022-09-11T08:58:21Z")

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Thanks.  
So you mean that I should be patient a bit more?  
And I concluded that I don’t need Microsoft Store at all, and I can update those things just by using Terminal. Am I right?

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**Author:** ![Barget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Barget](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Barget)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/4 "2022-09-11T09:53:55Z")

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Hi,  
Ok, I understand that the delay due to Windows store impacts the juliaup version that you could download from it.  
But if it’s getting the julia version from [https://julialang-s3.julialang.org](https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/) (according to [https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup#juliaup-server](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup#juliaup-server)), then it is more a matter of uploading v1.8.1 to the s3 sever, correct?  
That’s the paradox of speed: the faster something is, the more impatient we get 🙂

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**Author:** ![Wen-Wei\_Tseng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wen-wei_tseng/32/28839_2.png) [@Wen-Wei\_Tseng](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Wen-Wei_Tseng)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/5 "2022-09-11T11:07:37Z")

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@Barget I’m not the developer of `juliaup` (@davidanthoff is); however, according to its [commit history](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup/commits/main), the available Julia versions are tied to how recent `juliaup` is. (Like [this one](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup/commit/3caba05660e2a4702a54acbb2bbc559178859535)) So it  
seems like older `juliaup` gets older Julia. You can type `juliaup list` in the terminal to see available Julia versions.

@Shayan I tried `juliaup self update` myself (on Windows). Still no updates. I have to wait for the newer `juliaup` available on Windows Store, too.  
Edit: According to [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-and-1-7/72374/14), running `juliaup self update` is equivalent to going to the Windows Store and clicking the update button.

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**Author:** ![Barget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Barget](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Barget)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/6 "2022-09-11T11:23:26Z")

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Thanks for the explanation.  
I admit this kind of version coupling is a bit suprising to me, but I’m sure there’s some good reasons for that (be they technical or practical).

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**Author:** ![Shayan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shayan/32/33025_2.png) [@Shayan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shayan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/7 "2022-09-11T12:38:56Z")

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Thanks.

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia-in-juliaup/87067/8 "2022-09-11T17:04:59Z")

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Short version is: yes, there is a delay and I’m working on a solution where we can get rid of that.