# \#juliaup

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## [Juliaup gui?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-gui/139463)

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**Author:** [@jdad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdad)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-gui/139463 "2026-09-21T20:25:56Z")

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I saw that with 1,13 release, Juliaup was coming with a GUI. And when I take a look, this is documented in Juliaup GitHub. However, I am using Juliaup 1.22.3 and selfupdate stay on this version. Then no gui is found. Wh…

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## [How to install juliaup systemwide for all users (linux)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-juliaup-systemwide-for-all-users-linux/139270)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-juliaup-systemwide-for-all-users-linux/139270 "2026-09-09T14:59:50Z")

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If I want to install julia systemwide, I just add it somewhere accessible and sysmink julia to /usr/bin/julia. This works perfectly because then each user will have its own ~/.julia folder, but if I want juliaup systemw…

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## [Error while communicating with the LS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-communicating-with-the-ls/117312)

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**Author:** [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-communicating-with-the-ls/117312 "2026-07-10T11:40:47Z")

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While using VSCode in Win10, pressing SHIFT+ENTER or CTRL+ENTER produces a pop-up error message: However, the error doesn’t show up when pressing ALT+ENTER. Couldn’t find Output \> Julia Language Server to troublesho…

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## [Broken juliaup installation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broken-juliaup-installation/137567)

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**Author:** [@krcools](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/krcools)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broken-juliaup-installation/137567 "2026-06-12T10:59:51Z")

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Julia on our linux server stopped working. On some snooping around I found this weird path in the juliaup managed section of .profile: cat .profile \[\[ -r ~/.bash\_profile \]\] && . ~/.bash\_profile # \>\>\> juliaup initializ…

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## [Juliaup configuration is locked by another process, waiting for it to unlock](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-configuration-is-locked-by-another-process-waiting-for-it-to-unlock/121366)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-configuration-is-locked-by-another-process-waiting-for-it-to-unlock/121366 "2026-06-10T04:42:54Z")

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Whenever I launch Julia in the bash terminal of VSCode in Ubuntu Linux I get the message: Juliaup configuration is locked by another process, waiting for it to unlock. What could be the reason?

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## [Juliaup cannot find Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-cannot-find-julia/137462)

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**Author:** [@huang\_min](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/huang_min)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-cannot-find-julia/137462 "2026-06-06T09:32:46Z")

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I am using Ubuntu under WSL2. Yesterday morning, everything was fine and I did not do anything to the system. However, around evening, Juliaup could not find Julia any more. Actually, I was using the same screen in the m…

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## [Juliaup in PATH, but julia not in PATH](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-in-path-but-julia-not-in-path/92889)

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**Author:** [@wakelin-g](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wakelin-g)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-in-path-but-julia-not-in-path/92889 "2026-06-06T03:21:38Z")

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Just deleted Julia from my computer and reinstalled via juliaup. All seemed to work well, no issues installing or accessing juliaup from the shell, but for some reason I can’t access julia itself. Anyone have any idea…

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## [Julia via juliaup in GUIX](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-via-juliaup-in-guix/130586)

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**Author:** [@dlakelan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlakelan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-via-juliaup-in-guix/130586 "2026-04-22T14:03:54Z")

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Hey all, recently posted about using juliaup in NixOS. Now I’m investigating it in GUIX which is a similar OS but using guile scheme as the configuration language. In GUIX you can run foreign compiled binaries in a cont…

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## [Juliaup breakes GMT (via Ghostscript and tmp dir permissions)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-breakes-gmt-via-ghostscript-and-tmp-dir-permissions/136003)

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**Author:** [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-breakes-gmt-via-ghostscript-and-tmp-dir-permissions/136003 "2026-03-04T12:03:24Z")

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All started when I decided to tell students to follow the official installing recommendations of using juliaup to install Julia. No problems in this first step (other than the slowness as comparing to install using the m…

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## [Issues customizing \`JULIAUP\_DEPOT\_PATH\` for VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-customizing-juliaup-depot-path-for-vscode/135152)

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**Author:** [@jlchan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlchan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-customizing-juliaup-depot-path-for-vscode/135152 "2026-01-19T23:37:53Z")

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I’m having some trouble customizing JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH through juliaup based on the juliaup repo is that Before installing Julia/juliaup, I add export JULIAUP\_DEPOT\_PATH=/workspace/.julia to my ~/.bashrc file. I then in…

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## [How do set Julia version in VSCode when using juliaup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-set-julia-version-in-vscode-when-using-juliaup/105619)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-set-julia-version-in-vscode-when-using-juliaup/105619 "2026-01-15T15:29:43Z")

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I am using Juliaup to manage my Julai version. It is now using the 1.10 beta by default. However, for one application, I need to quickly run something in 1.9. I almost exclusively use VSCode. Is there a way, when using …

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## [Forced to use juliaup: not cool](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837 "2026-01-11T05:52:44Z")

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The new version of vscode Julia extension does not pick up the julia.exe in the path, but rather insists on using juliaup to install (some version of) it. Not very nice. I mean, I have the whole thing set up with a place…

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## [Getting Juliaup packaged by apt/rpm/etc](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-juliaup-packaged-by-apt-rpm-etc/134094)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-juliaup-packaged-by-apt-rpm-etc/134094 "2025-11-24T20:12:41Z")

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Have we thought about getting Juliaup packaged by the major Linux OSes? being able to apt install juliaup seems like it would be nice (and would avoid the issues with OS managed Julia installations)

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## [Juliaup likely corrupted, no longer works for 1.12 (only) for me](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-likely-corrupted-no-longer-works-for-1-12-only-for-me/133184)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-likely-corrupted-no-longer-works-for-1-12-only-for-me/133184 "2025-11-02T19:54:40Z")

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I had a problem, and now a new one, very likely related. For a while now I’ve gotten (and for RCs, that I could run): $ juliaup default 1.12 Configured the default Julia version to be '1.12'. but it wasn’t working (I …

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## [Juliaup installer fails on AWS: "cannot open /dev/pts/1: Permission denied"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-installer-fails-on-aws-cannot-open-dev-pts-1-permission-denied/132685)

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**Author:** [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-installer-fails-on-aws-cannot-open-dev-pts-1-permission-denied/132685 "2025-09-26T21:42:25Z")

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After ssh-ing into an AWS instance (I’m new to AWS), I’m attempting to install juliaup with the standard script curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh, but am met with sh: 148: cannot open /dev/pts/1: Permission…

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## [Using Different Julia Version per Project in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-different-julia-version-per-project-in-vscode/108127)

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**Author:** [@mrVeng](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrVeng)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-different-julia-version-per-project-in-vscode/108127 "2025-07-23T18:38:52Z")

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Hi there, I just installed juliaup to manage Julia versions - really great tool! I have a bunch of older projects running on Julia 1.7/8/9, and I can switch the default Julia version in the command line before I run th…

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## [Set default julia version for a given folder (in VS Code)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-default-julia-version-for-a-given-folder-in-vs-code/128656)

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**Author:** [@JADekker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JADekker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-default-julia-version-for-a-given-folder-in-vs-code/128656 "2025-05-07T07:35:58Z")

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Hi, for a given project I’m restricted to a given version of julia. However, I’d like to work with the release version of julia when I’m just tinkering around with some julia code. I’ve tried juliaup to override the chan…

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## [Is vscode suppose to pick up \`juliaup override\`?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-suppose-to-pick-up-juliaup-override/128652)

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**Author:** [@lrnv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lrnv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-vscode-suppose-to-pick-up-juliaup-override/128652 "2025-05-03T10:16:50Z")

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Because it does not for me. I know i read up about this being a bug a while back but cannot find the source. has it been fixed yet ?

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## [Files quota exceeded when trying to install Julia on a cluster with juliaup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/files-quota-exceeded-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-a-cluster-with-juliaup/128469)

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**Author:** [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/files-quota-exceeded-when-trying-to-install-julia-on-a-cluster-with-juliaup/128469 "2025-05-01T05:14:04Z")

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I’m trying to install Julia on a cluster, running this: curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh -s -- --path $JULIAUP\_DEPOT\_PATH But I get the following error: Now installing Juliaup Error: Failed to extract dow…

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## [Automatic precompiling after juliaup update](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-precompiling-after-juliaup-update/128493)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-precompiling-after-juliaup-update/128493 "2025-04-28T16:05:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Startup time of 1000 packages – 53% slower in Julia 1.12 vs 1.10: I’ve been looking for something like PrecompileAfterUpdate.jl! Is this functionality something that could be integrated in…

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## [Updating to latest release using \`juliaup\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-latest-release-using-juliaup/113718)

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**Author:** [@Devansh1106](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devansh1106)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-latest-release-using-juliaup/113718 "2025-03-02T05:52:21Z")

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I am updating julia to latest release in WSL but it seems to have some error while updating. I am using juliaup update command. Following is the error message: devansh@MSI:~$ juliaup update Installing Julia 1.10.3+0.x64…

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## [Updating Julia with juliaup on Ubuntu 24.04](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-with-juliaup-on-ubuntu-24-04/126067)

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**Author:** [@arietsu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/arietsu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-with-juliaup-on-ubuntu-24-04/126067 "2025-02-22T16:49:02Z")

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Read about juliaup in wonderful https://modernjuliaworkflows.org/ blog and wanted to use it as one of suitable best practices. Failed to install juliaup under my Ubuntu 24.04. Error message from curl: $ curl -fsSL https…

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## [How to upgrade easily?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-upgrade-easily/27753)

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**Author:** [@mystis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mystis)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-upgrade-easily/27753 "2024-12-21T15:16:07Z")

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Hi, I see there are threads about updates but is there a way to easily update Julia ? I’d hope for something like : \] update julia without the hassle to download a new version, remove the old one, etc.

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## [Juliaup: Error: Failed to update versions db. Alway safe to just reinstall?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-error-failed-to-update-versions-db-alway-safe-to-just-reinstall/125128)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-error-failed-to-update-versions-db-alway-safe-to-just-reinstall/125128 "2025-01-24T15:02:43Z")

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I get: $ juliaup update Error: Failed to update versions db. Caused by: ETag header not found in response I get this for many commands, including: $ juliaup add 1.11.3 Though no error for: $ juliaup default 1.1…

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## [How can different versions of julia in juliaup share a same \`startup.jl\` file?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-different-versions-of-julia-in-juliaup-share-a-same-startup-jl-file/124948)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-different-versions-of-julia-in-juliaup-share-a-same-startup-jl-file/124948 "2025-01-20T08:30:05Z")

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How can different versions of julia in juliaup share a same startup.jl file? For example, I have installed julia v1.11.2 and v1.10.7 in juliaup and they both appears in the JULIAUP\_DEPOT\_PATH, but the startup.jl files a…

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## [What is the elegant way to use julia (or/and juliaup) portably?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-elegant-way-to-use-julia-or-and-juliaup-portably/124899)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-elegant-way-to-use-julia-or-and-juliaup-portably/124899 "2025-01-18T16:08:33Z")

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If I want to use julia on a portable drive, and keep all the user settings (e.g., the startup.jl file) along with the installation path, and, I also want to update julia and manage its different versions conveniently, th…

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## [Does Juliaup have a portable version?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-juliaup-have-a-portable-version/124699)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-juliaup-have-a-portable-version/124699 "2025-01-17T10:27:23Z")

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We know that julia has corresponding portable version, but does Juliaup also have a portable version?

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## [PSA: Breaking change how juliaup interacts with JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-breaking-change-how-juliaup-interacts-with-julia-depot-path/106497)

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**Author:** [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-breaking-change-how-juliaup-interacts-with-julia-depot-path/106497 "2024-11-07T07:57:07Z")

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This is a short note that I am about to push a breaking update for Juliaup to everyone that changes how Juliaup interacts with JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH. This is a pretty esoteric topic, so for most users of Juliaup, it is probab…

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## [\`juliaup\` for for Mac and Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-for-for-mac-and-linux/66721)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-for-for-mac-and-linux/66721 "2024-10-15T14:36:28Z")

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From what I can tell, @davidanthoff recently rewrote juliaup in rust, which was to make it available on Mac and Linux (Thank you, the manager is fantastic). Is there any information as to when?

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## [Unable to reinstall release channel with Juliaup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-reinstall-release-channel-with-juliaup/121210)

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**Author:** [@ElMissas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ElMissas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-reinstall-release-channel-with-juliaup/121210 "2024-10-11T23:47:14Z")

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I was using Julia 1.10 in the release channel, and I updated it to 1.11. However, this version was giving me some problems with precompiling packages, so I wanted to downgrade to 1.10. I used juliaup add 1.10 to add the…

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