UpdateJulia

insert_path(path, entry, v)

Insert path entry after valid & preferred julia but before unknown & unpreferred julia

Insert entry into path following these guidelines

• after versions preferred over v
• before versions v is preferred over (including unknown versions)
• skip operation if entry already meets above guidelines
• before existing entries for v
• as late as possible

Not part of the public API

prefer(v1, v2)

Whether to prefer v1 over v2.

Not part of the public API.

update_julia(version::AbstractString="")

Install the latest version of Julia from https://julialang.org

If version is provided, installs the latest version that starts with version. If version == "nightly", then installs the bleeding-edge nightly version.

Keyword Arguments

Behavior flags

• dry_run = false skip the actual download and installation

• verbose = dry_run print the final value of all arguments

• migrate_packages = <upgrading to a later version of Julia without an existing global environment> whether to migrate packages in the default global environment. May be true, false, or :force. Only :force will replace an existing Project.toml

Destination

• aliases = ["julia", "julia-$(v.major).$(v.minor)", "julia-$v"] which aliases to attempt to create for the installed version of Julia. Regardless, will not replace stable versions with less stable versions or newer versions with older versions of the same stability.
• systemwide = true install for all users, false only installs for current user.
• install_location = systemwide ? "/opt" or "/opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.10.0" : "/home/runner/.local" directory to put installed binaries
• bin = systemwide ? "/usr/local/bin" : "/home/runner/.local/bin" directory to store links to the binaries

Source

• os_str = "linux" string representation of the operating system: "linux", "mac", "winnt", or "freebsd".

• arch = "x86_64" string representation of the CPU architecture: "x86_64", "i686", "aarch64", "armv7l", or "powerpc64le".

• v = ... the VersionNumber to install

• url = ... URL to download that version from, if you explicitly set url, also explicitly set v lest they differ