How to update julia without pain?

Question

Recently, I want to update my current 0.4.X version to latest 0.5.0. What's the best practice to accomplish this job? Do I have to first remove my current version before installing the new one? What about these installed packages, do I have to reinstall them one by one? Can my IDE (like Atom) support the new version automatically (or only with slight modification)?

Answer 1

Take the .julia/v0.4/REQUIRE file and plop it in .julia/v0.5, and then when you Pkg.update() it will add all of those packages. You might need to do using Atom in the REPL in order to have Juno properly re-compile before using it.