https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill

Command line installer of the Julia Language.
https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill

hacktoberfest installer julia julia-language linux

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Command line installer of the Julia Language.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill
• Owner: abelsiqueira
• License: other
• Created: 2017-11-09T10:52:49.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-15T11:23:52.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T18:20:31.801Z (25 days ago)
• Topics: hacktoberfest, installer, julia, julia-language, linux
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 211 KB
• Stars: 306
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 28
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Citation: CITATION.cff

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# jill - Julia Installer 4 Linux - Light

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![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/abelsiqueira/jill?color=purple&logo=github&style=flat-square)

![Julia 1.11.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latest_stable-1.11.4-3a5fcc.svg?style=flat-square&logo=data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA4AAAAOCAMAAAAolt3jAAAB+FBMVEUAAAA3lyU3liQ4mCY4mCY3lyU4lyY1liM3mCUskhlSpkIvkx0zlSEeigo5mSc8mio0liKPxYQ/nC5NozxQpUBHoDY3lyQ5mCc3lyY6mSg3lyVPpD9frVBgrVFZqUpEnjNgrVE3lyU8mio8mipWqEZhrVJgrVFfrE9JoTkAVAA3lyXJOjPMPjNZhCowmiNOoz1erE9grVFYqUhCnjFmk2KFYpqUV7KTWLDKOjK8CADORj7GJx3SJyVAmCtKojpOoz1DnzFVeVWVSLj///+UV7GVWbK8GBjPTEPMQTjPTUXQUkrQSEGZUycXmg+WXbKfZ7qgarqbYraSVLCUV7HLPDTKNy7QUEjUYVrVY1zTXFXPRz2UVLmha7upeMCqecGlcb6aYLWfaLrLPjXLPjXSWFDVZF3VY1zVYlvRTkSaWKqlcr6qesGqecGpd8CdZbjo2+7LPTTKOS/QUUnVYlvVY1zUXVbPSD6TV7OibLuqecGqecGmc76aYbaibLvKOC/SWlPMQjrQUEjRVEzPS0PLPDL7WROZX7WgarqibLucY7eTVrCVWLLLOzLGLCLQT0bIMynKOC7FJx3MPjV/Vc+odsCRUa+SVLCDPaWVWLKWWrLJOzPHOTLKPDPLPDPLOzLLPDOUV6+UV7CVWLKVWLKUV7GUWLGPUqv///8iGqajAAAAp3RSTlMAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAZBAAAAABOx9uVFQAAAB/Y////eQAAADv0////pgEAAAAAGtD///9uAAAAAAAAAAcOQbPLfxgNAAAAAAA5sMyGGg1Ht8p6CwAAFMf///94H9j///xiAAAw7////65K+f///5gAABjQ////gibg////bAAAAEfD3JwaAFfK2o0RAAAAAA4aBQAAABEZAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIvMfRYAAAA6SURBVAjXtcexEUBAFAXAfTM/IDH6uAbUqkItyAQYR26zDeS0UxieBvPVbArjXd9GS295raa/Gmu/A7zfBRgv03cCAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)

![Julia 1.10.9](https://img.shields.io/badge/jill.sh_----lts-1.10.9-3a5fcc.svg?style=flat-square&logo=data:image/png;base64,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)

![Julia 1.11.0-rc4](https://img.shields.io/badge/jill.sh_----rc-1.11.0--rc4-3a5fcc.svg?style=flat-square&logo=data:image/png;base64,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)

[Julia](https://julialang.org) light installer for Linux.

---

On Linux, the best way to install Julia is to use the Generic Linux

Binaries. And while **all Linux users** love manually downloading,

unpacking, and linking their software, this script does it for you.

## Quick version - Install latest stable linux

Simply run

```bash

sudo bash -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abelsiqueira/jill/main/jill.sh)"

```

Sudo is optional. If you prefer to not use it, make sure to add `$HOME/.local/bin` to your `PATH`.

## More options - Download jill.sh

Either download the jill.sh script, e.g.

```bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abelsiqueira/jill/main/jill.sh

```

or

```bash

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abelsiqueira/jill/main/jill.sh > jill.sh

```

or clone the full repo (for instance, if you had SSL issues as in #32):

```bash

git clone https://github.com/abelsiqueira/jill

```

You can use the script via `bash jill.sh` or make it executable using `chmod a+x jill.sh`. We'll use the former version here.

**Usage**:

```bash

bash jill.sh [options]

```

If no options are given, this will install the latest stable Julia.

The .tar.gz and unpacked folder will be kept on the environment variable `JULIA_DOWNLOAD`, and the `julia` executable will be linked in `JULIA_INSTALL`.

By default, we use

- `JULIA_DOWNLOAD=/opt/julias` and `JULIA_INSTALL=/usr/local/bin` if you have root permission (e.g. called with `sudo`).

- `JULIA_DOWNLOAD=$HOME/packages/julias` and `JULIA_INSTALL=$HOME/.local/bin` otherwise.

The following options are avaiable:

- `-h, --help`: Show a help.

- `--lts`: Install the Long Term Support version (Currently 1.10.9).

- `--rc`: Install the latest release candidate (uses `jq` to query the versions from julialang.org).

- `-u M.m, --upgrade M.m`: Copy environment from M.m version (e.g. -u 1.6)

- `-v VER, --version VER`: Install julia version VER. Valid examples: 1.5.4, 1.5-latest, 1.5.0-rc1.

- `-y, --yes, --no-confirm`: Skip confirmation.

## LICENSE

This script is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 (see

[LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md)). This dosn't affect your Julia usage at all.