# Julia v1.6.1 has been released
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** release
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905 "2021-04-23T22:34:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@ararslan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ararslan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/1 "2021-04-23T22:34:27Z")
Julia version 1.6.1, the first patch release in the 1.6 series of releases, is now available. You can get binaries for glibc Linux (i686, x86-64, AArch64, and—for the first time in quite a while—ARMv7), musl Linux (x86-64), FreeBSD (x86-64), macOS, and Windows (32-, 64-bit) at [https://julialang.org/downloads](https://julialang.org/downloads).
As a patch release, 1.6.1 contains no new features or breaking changes, only bug fixes, documentation improvements, and performance improvements. You can see the list of commits included since 1.6.0 [here](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1). We recommend anyone currently using 1.6.0 upgrade to 1.6.1.
Note that 1.6 on Travis, [AppVeyor](https://github.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl), [Cirrus](https://github.com/ararslan/CirrusCI.jl), and (soon!) [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia) now refers to 1.6.1.
Enjoy!
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### Author:  [@D\_A](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/D_A)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/2 "2021-04-24T09:47:14Z")
Will there be an update for Docker?
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### Author:  [@ImreSamu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ImreSamu)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/3 "2021-04-24T12:25:11Z")
> [@D\_A](#):
>
> Will there be an update for Docker?
IMHO: Yes,
:julia: + 🐋 → ✅
usually - in the next working days after the Julia release. ( my bet is Monday - US time )
- the Docker-library/Julia repo has been updated to 1.6.1
[Update to 1.6.1 · docker-library/julia@6458311 · GitHub](https://github.com/docker-library/julia/commit/6458311a816406d7b1eb6d37ae92a6e27e32028c)
- [Docker FAQ: An image’s source changed in Git, now what?](https://github.com/docker-library/faq#an-images-source-changed-in-git-now-what)
#### If you can’t wait - you can “update” and “build” yourself - after the Julia release
```julia-auto
cd /tmp
# clone docker julia repository
git clone https://github.com/docker-library/julia.git
cd ./julia
# update to the latest julia version
./update.sh
# select the version:
cd ./1.6/buster
# check version
cat Dockerfile | grep JULIA_VERSION | head -n 1
## expected: ENV JULIA_VERSION 1.6.1
# build
docker build -t local_julia:1.6.1-buster .
# expected in the end: "Successfully tagged local_julia:1.6.1-buster"
# test
docker run -it --rm local_julia:1.6.1-buster julia
```
#### expected test result:
```julia
:/tmp/julia/1.6/buster$ docker run -it --rm local_julia:1.6.1-buster julia
_
_ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
(_) | (_) (_) |
_ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
| | | | | | |/ _` | |
| | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.1 (2021-04-23)
_/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.1
Commit 6aaedecc44 (2021-04-23 05:59 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-11.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
JULIA_PATH = /usr/local/julia
JULIA_GPG = 3673DF529D9049477F76B37566E3C7DC03D6E495
JULIA_VERSION = 1.6.1
```
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### Author:  [@D\_A](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/D_A)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/4 "2021-04-24T12:34:55Z")
Thanks. I can wait, this is just for CI/CD of a personal project that crashed with version 1.6.0.
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### Author:  [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/5 "2021-04-24T20:31:23Z")
At the end what has been decided concerning the Long Term Support release? Will 1.6.1 be the new LTS, will 1.7 be or… not yet decided?
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/6 "2021-04-25T07:33:56Z")
From [Julia 1.6 Highlights](https://julialang.org/blog/2021/03/julia-1.6-highlights/),
> The final decision about whether Julia 1.6 will become the new LTS will be made after it has been battle-tested in the field, around the time of the 1.7 release enters stabilization.
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### Author:  [@GregMcC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregMcC)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/7 "2021-04-25T17:44:14Z")
Really appreciate your work and your release for ARMv7 processors - but it is only 32 bit.
Is it possible next time round to create a 64bit version for an ARMv8 ( my early RasPi4 is a ARMv7l ) processor - such as for the RaspberryPi 4.
thanks for the great work
Greg, Liverpool UK
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/8 "2021-04-25T17:54:23Z")
That’s aarch64, there have been always (or almost) official builds for that platform
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### Author:  [@GregMcC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregMcC)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/9 "2021-04-25T18:20:12Z")
Thanks Giordano - The issue here is getting AArch64 architecture onto a RaspPi4 is a challenge as well.
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/10 "2021-04-25T21:55:31Z")
Sorry, what does that mean?
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### Author:  [@ImreSamu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ImreSamu)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/11 "2021-04-26T20:20:56Z")
> [@D\_A](#):
>
> Thanks. I can wait, this is just for CI/CD of a personal project that crashed with version 1.6.0.
IMHO: You can test … 🙂
- `docker pull julia:1.6.1`
- [https://hub.docker.com/\_/julia?tab=tags&page=1&ordering=last\_updated&name=1.6.1](https://hub.docker.com/_/julia?tab=tags&page=1&ordering=last_updated&name=1.6.1)
```julia
$ docker run -it --rm julia:1.6.1
_
_ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
(_) | (_) (_) |
_ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
| | | | | | |/ _` | |
| | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.1 (2021-04-23)
_/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |
julia>
```
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### Author:  [@D\_A](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/D_A)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/12 "2021-04-26T22:21:17Z")
Oh, yes, it was what I was doing tonight, and it works, as expected (I worked on the problem resolution on nightly version)! Thank you for your concern!
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### Author:  [@caleb-allen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/caleb-allen)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/13 "2021-05-26T21:26:11Z")
I’m running julia 1.6.0 64 bit on my RaspberryPi 4 at the moment, but that required a [non-standard 64-bit version of the Raspberry Pi OS](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=275370). I might be mistaken, but I recall that the standard linux distributions for the RPi4 incorrectly report the processor as ARMv7 (and only run 32-bit) even though the processor is ARMv8 with 64bit support.
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### Author:  [@GregMcC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregMcC)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/14 "2021-05-27T13:11:46Z")
Thanks - I have just downloaded the latest 64bit version of RaspberryPiOS ( 4th March 2021 - which now includes the VNC Server ) using [https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios\_arm64/images/](https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_arm64/images/)
Caleb \> What’s the next step - How did you manage to get Julia 1.6.0 onto your Raspberry Pi ? Am I correct in thinking that Apt-Get install Julia would only install version 1.0.6 ?
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### Author:  [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/15 "2021-05-27T13:34:47Z")
Shouldn’t the official ARM 64-bit Julia build work?
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### Author:  [@GregMcC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregMcC)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/16 "2021-05-27T13:56:44Z")
The ARM 64-bit version on the Julia website has " ( AArch64 ) " alongside it - my understanding is that AArch64 is an OS ( which can be downloaded - but has limitations with regard to hardware access )
cheers
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### Author:  [@simeonschaub](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simeonschaub)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/17 "2021-05-27T14:07:56Z")
No aarch64 is the 64-bit ARMv8 architecture, but of course 64-bit binaries will only run
if you have a 64-bit OS as well. The Raspberry Pi had a 64-bit processor for a while, but it long came only with a 32-bit OS, which will run just fine, but then can’t run 64-bit binaries.
TLDR: aarch64 should work just fine in your case.
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### Author:  [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/18 "2021-05-27T14:08:43Z")
> [@GregMcC](#):
>
> AArch64
The AArch64 build runs fine on NVIDIA Jetson systems, for example (Ubuntu-based) - it should run on 64-bit Debian on Raspis as well, I think.
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### Author:  [@GregMcC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregMcC)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/19 "2021-05-27T15:19:22Z")
Thanks - I was over-thinking it …
After downloading Julia ( Aarch64 ) into my Downloads folder - just had to type :-
tar zxvf Downloads/julia-1.6.1-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
and then set the $PATH to include Julia’s Bin directory.
export PATH=“/home/pi/julia-1.6.1/bin:$PATH”
I’d rather put it early in the Path - because my $PATH variable has a “No Such file or Directory” and it might abort looking down the rest of the PATH variable - if it finds an error.
Thanks for your help guys
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### Author:  [@caleb-allen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/caleb-allen)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-6-1-has-been-released/59905/20 "2021-05-27T16:26:58Z")
Glad you got it working! Looks like the same setup I’ve got as well