# Why is juliaup emphasized as the installation mechanism?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844 "2026-01-02T16:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jake/32/46007_2.png) [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844/62 "2026-02-05T21:04:22Z")

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I like the proposal. I would put the command line item at the top of the list as I think that is the most important determinant, and include a line in the Juliaup list for easy updates to Julia.

Prior to using Juliaup, I would manually uninstall Julia from the Apps on my Windows machine and then manually install the new version. Not too onerous but Juliaup is much easier.

I should mention that I occasionally use the terminal on Windows, and when I use Linux I use the terminal much more often.

Reinforcing @sylvaticus comment, I have heard of docker but have no familiarity with it, and even less familiarity with a container.

What I miss in this proposal is what do I do if I want to update Julia. There should be something on the website for that as well. That should be easy to add.

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