# How to update Julia?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-julia/82058 "2022-06-01T06:30:22Z")\
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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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