How to upgrade Julia to a new release

Julia is a powerful programming language that aims to provide users with the speed of C or C++ but is as simple as Python. This means that developers can solve problems more quickly and effectively. It is a programming language primarily intended for scientific computing.

Steps

The steps to upgrade Julia to a new release are as follows:

1. Check the version

First, check the version of Julia using the following command:

versioninfo()

2. Add packages

Now, by using the Pkg package, add the UpdateJulia package using the following commands:

using Pkg
Pkg.add("UpdateJulia")

3. Update the version

Update the Julia version using the following commands:

using UpdateJulia
update_julia()

4. Verify the updated version

Now, recheck the version by using the following command.

versioninfo()

Test yourself

Use the terminal below to test the above commands.