# Upgrading version of DataFrames (stuck at 0.21.8)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914 "2021-05-27T11:52:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![angelv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angelv/32/133_2.png) [@angelv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angelv)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/1 "2021-05-27T11:52:30Z")

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Hi, this must be a very silly thing, but I haven’t updated Julia in quite some time, and I can’t remember how to do it properly. Basically I just installed Julia 1.6.1, and then, since I would like to keep the same packages I used to have, I copied the Manifest.toml and Project.toml files to the new ~/.julia/environments/v1.6 directory.  
First time I go into Julia, I get some errors, but I just to ] build ; ] update and upon restarting Julia all looks fine and no errors, but for some reason I get stuck at version 0.21.8 of DataFrames. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

```julia
angelv@sieladon:~$ julia
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.6.1 (2021-04-23)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

(@v1.6) pkg> up
    Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
  No Changes to `~/.julia/environments/v1.6/Project.toml`
  No Changes to `~/.julia/environments/v1.6/Manifest.toml`

(@v1.6) pkg> status DataFrames
      Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.6/Project.toml`
  [a93c6f00] DataFrames v0.21.8

```

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/2 "2021-05-27T12:02:35Z")

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Do `] add DataFrames@1.1`

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**Author:** ![angelv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angelv/32/133_2.png) [@angelv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angelv)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/3 "2021-05-27T12:05:18Z")

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Thanks, but is there any reason why I have to specify the version, instead of by default getting the latest one? (Is this only for DataFrames for some reason?)

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**Author:** ![angelv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angelv/32/133_2.png) [@angelv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angelv)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/4 "2021-05-27T12:07:31Z")

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By the way, I cannot get that to work:

```julia
(@v1.6) pkg> add DataFrames@1.1
    Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
   Resolving package versions...
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package Compat [34da2185]:
 Compat [34da2185] log:
 ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-3.30.0 or uninstalled
 ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with DataFrames [a93c6f00] to versions: 3.17.0-3.30.0
 │ └─DataFrames [a93c6f00] log:
 │ ├─possible versions are: 0.11.7-1.1.1 or uninstalled
 │ └─restricted to versions 1.1 by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions 1.1.0-1.1.1
 └─restricted by compatibility requirements with RomanNumerals [37834d88] to versions: 1.0.0-2.2.1 — no versions left
   └─RomanNumerals [37834d88] log:
     ├─possible versions are: 0.3.1 or uninstalled
     └─restricted to versions * by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions 0.3.1

```

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/5 "2021-05-27T12:29:52Z")

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Your second post answers your first - you have unsatisfiable requirements in your environment. Don’t just dump all your packages into the default environment, instead create a new environment for every project you work on with only the packages you actually need. This will minimize dependency conflicts.

If you do:

```julia
]activate --temp

]add DataFrames

```

you will get 1.1 installed in the temporary environment.

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**Author:** ![angelv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angelv/32/133_2.png) [@angelv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angelv)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upgrading-version-of-dataframes-stuck-at-0-21-8/61914/6 "2021-05-27T12:44:27Z")

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OK, thanks. I was doing it that way since it was the suggested way in some other post to migrate from a Julia version to another one, but it looks like it is perhaps not the best way to do it. So I just removed the whole environments/v1.6 directory, started all over, installing just the packages that are missing when I run my scripts, and all looks fine now.  
Cheers,