# Path to 1.6.0-beta x86-64 Linux opens to what it says is 1.0.4

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/path-to-1-6-0-beta-x86-64-linux-opens-to-what-it-says-is-1-0-4/53316 "2021-01-14T02:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![brett\_knoss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brett_knoss/32/13050_2.png) [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/path-to-1-6-0-beta-x86-64-linux-opens-to-what-it-says-is-1-0-4/53316/1 "2021-01-14T02:41:50Z")

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When I put in the path to the version of 1.6 beta, that I loaded, it says 1.0.4 in the opening screen.

 ![Screenshot from 2021-01-13 20-27-37](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/b/8bcd4b171ab80ee6c6920d6d80f34c91652b6f85.jpeg)

I’m not sure if that means it loaded 1.0.4, or if the title is wrong.

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/daniel/32/6480_2.png) [@daniel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/path-to-1-6-0-beta-x86-64-linux-opens-to-what-it-says-is-1-0-4/53316/2 "2021-01-14T03:05:44Z")

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You probably already have a directory to a 1.0.4 julia binary in your path and because it appears earlier, it is picked up first. Try appending the 1.6 dir to the front instead: `export PATH=“$HOME/julia… /bin:$PATH”

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**Author:** ![brett\_knoss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brett_knoss/32/13050_2.png) [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/path-to-1-6-0-beta-x86-64-linux-opens-to-what-it-says-is-1-0-4/53316/3 "2021-01-14T03:10:10Z")

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> [@daniel](#):
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> `expor

yup, I got it sorted.

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**Author:** ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/path-to-1-6-0-beta-x86-64-linux-opens-to-what-it-says-is-1-0-4/53316/4 "2021-01-14T06:58:34Z")

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You can also put all yr Julia versions in ~/lib/ and then in ~/bin you can symlink julia1.5 to ~/lib/julia-1.5/bin/julia, julia1.6 to ~/lib/julia1.6-beta1/bin/Julia, etc and then an other symlink ~/bin/julia pointing to what version of Julia you want to run by default, e.g ~/bin/julia1.5

I am using this set-up by several years and it works great…