# Why is juliaup emphasized as the installation mechanism?

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**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:** ![benz0li](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/benz0li/32/37040_2.png) [@benz0li](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benz0li)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844/11 "2026-01-03T12:44:12Z")

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For courses with many students, a [JupyterHub](https://jupyter.org/hub) setup (plus containerised [JupyterLab](https://jupyter.org) + [code-server](https://github.com/coder/code-server) + Julia) could also be considered.

Cross references:

- [JupyterLab + code-server + Julia - #13 by benz0li](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyterlab-code-server-julia/82808/13)
  - Demo environment: [https://demo.jupyter.b-data.ch](https://demo.jupyter.b-data.ch)

See also:

- [GitHub - b-data/jupyterlab-julia-docker-stack: (GPU accelerated) Multi-arch (linux/amd64, linux/arm64/v8) JupyterLab Julia docker images. Please submit Pull Requests to the GitLab repository. Mirror of](https://github.com/b-data/jupyterlab-julia-docker-stack)

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