# Why is juliaup emphasized as the installation mechanism?

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**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:** ![aplavin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aplavin/32/222056_2.png) [@aplavin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aplavin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-juliaup-emphasized-as-the-installation-mechanism/134844/24 "2026-01-05T01:24:42Z")

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Oh, I didn’t know! Thought it’s always the same (and that’s one of the benefits).  
Anyway:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/c/acc3d300500c27bf4262b67ec8cbf7d36cca0094.png)

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