# How do I update pijul?

**URL:** <https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-do-i-update-pijul/58>\
**Category:** Question\
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-do-i-update-pijul/58 "2017-07-24T17:29:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ilmu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.pijul.org/ilmu/32/193_2.png) [@ilmu](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/ilmu)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-do-i-update-pijul/58/1 "2017-07-24T17:29:11Z")

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I installed pijul 0.3.3 some time ago using cargo, now if I want to update it. Do I have to use ‘cargo install pijul --force’ to overwrite the old version or is there a better way of doing it?

Also should I be using cargo to manage pijul or is it better to just fetch the source?

I’m on Fedora and there’s not a COPR so I may make one (and learn how in the meantime :^)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pmeunier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.pijul.org/pmeunier/32/4_2.png) [@pmeunier](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pmeunier)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/how-do-i-update-pijul/58/2 "2017-07-24T17:46:03Z")

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Hi! Good question.

I install it myself using `cargo install`, but that’s also because I frequently change it.

There is a package for NixOS.

Having packages for other distributions would be absolutely fantastic. The only reason we don’t build them now is because of our limited resources.