This repository contains an experimental MSIX installer for Julia for the Windows Store.
The installer also bundles a full Julia version manager called juliaup. One can use juliaup to install specific Julia versions, it alerts users when new Julia versions are released and provides a convenient Julia release channel abstraction. The installer is published to the Windows Store and you can try it from here.
If you want to try it, here is what you should do:
- Make sure you don't have any version of Julia on your PATH.
Juliaupwill handle allPATHrelated aspects of your Julia installation. - Install Julia from the Windows Store here.
Once you have that installed, julia is on the PATH, there is a start menu shortcut and it will show up as a profile in Windows Terminal. Any of those will start Julia. The VS Code extension will also automatically find this Julia installation.
Here are some of the things you can do with juliaup:
juliaup updateinstalls the latest availabe Julia version for your current channel.juliaup statusshows you which Julia versions you have installed and which one is configured as the default.juliaup add 1.5.1adds Julia 1.5.1 to your system.juliaup setdefault 1.5.3configures thejuliacommand to start Julia 1.5.3.juliaup setdefault 1.6configures thejuliacommand to start the latest 1.6.x version of Julia you have installed on your system (and inform you if there is a newer version in 1.6.x available).juliaup setdefault 1configures thejuliacommand to start the latest 1.x version of Julia (this is also the default value).juliaup remove 1.5.3deletes Julia 1.5.3 from your system.juliaup add 1.6.1~x86installs the 32 bit version of Julia 1.6.1 on your system.juliaup setdefault 1.6~x86configures thejuliacommand to start the latest 1.6.x 32 bit version of Julia you have installed on your system.juliaupshows you what other commands are available.
This entire system around juliaup installs Julia versions into ~/.julia/juliaup. If you want to restart from scratch, just delete that entire folder.