# Juliaup and beta release

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-and-beta-release/77195>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-and-beta-release/77195 "2022-02-28T15:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmbates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dmbates/32/44_2.png) [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-and-beta-release/77195/1 "2022-02-28T15:25:10Z")

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Alex has announced Julia v1.8.0-beta1 is now on the download sites. I was hoping that

```julia
juliaup add beta

```

would download and install this version but it doesn’t seem to do so. Am I misunderstanding how the beta channel works?

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-and-beta-release/77195/2 "2022-02-28T15:25:52Z")

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Similar questions here: [[ANN] Juliaup Preview - Julia version manager and Windows Store installer - #91 by johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juliaup-preview-julia-version-manager-and-windows-store-installer/61920/91)