Thanks everyone. I couldn't figure out a solution based on installing the binaries (I'm new to linux) or the forum. In my case, John's code worked for me, except I had to omit --reinstall julia from the last command.
I think part of this issue was that a file was left behind when I installed a nightly, causing it to grab the old .5.0 dev version. My best guess is that the first command (sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:staticfloat/julianightlies) removed this file. Hopefully the installation process isn't this convoluted in the future! Thanks again. On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 8:45 PM, John Best <[email protected]> wrote: > Make sure you're using the release ppa (sudo add-apt-repository > ppa:staticfloat/juliareleases)and not the nightlies ppa (sudo > apt-add-repository ppa:staticfloat/julianightlies). Try > > > sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:staticfloat/julianightlies > sudo apt-add-repository ppa:staticfloat/juliareleases > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install --reinstall julia > > (not positive on the last command, but it's worth a try). > > See http://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed for removing > repos. > > > On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 3:43:21 PM UTC-8, Christopher Fisher wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> >> I'm trying reinstall Julia .4.6 on Ubuntu 16.04. For some reason when I >> follow the platform specific instructions, >> <http://julialang.org/downloads/platform.html> it installs .5.0 dev >> instead of the stable version .4.6. Is there a way to install .4.6? >> Unfortunately, .5 dev is unstable and doesn't work with Juno. >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. >> >
