# 0.7 \] How to list available packages
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124 "2018-08-09T22:42:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Perrin\_Meyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Perrin_Meyer)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124/1 "2018-08-09T22:42:16Z")
I just downloaded and built Julia 0.7
I cant figure out how to get the new package manager ] to list available packages? (I was able to install PyPlot and FFTW, but I know those names by heart).
I’ve looked through the Registry.toml file in …/jula/registries/General, but is there a way to browse that through ] ?
thanks
perrin
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### Author:  [@purplishrock](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/purplishrock)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124/2 "2018-08-09T22:48:20Z")
I would expect there to be a “list” or “dir” command in the pkg repl, but there isn’t one listed.
shouldn’t there be such a command ?
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124/3 "2018-08-09T22:58:19Z")
Tab completion on add can be used for some sort of exploration eg `] add Ex`. We could make more info like this available from the package manager, of course, but perhaps something like [https://juliaobserver.com](https://juliaobserver.com) provides a better interface than a terminal can.
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### Author:  [@Perrin\_Meyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Perrin_Meyer)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-how-to-list-available-packages/13124/4 "2018-08-10T00:34:18Z")
I realize that 1.0 is out less than a day, but I’m guessing a lot more people are going to ask about a “list” function.
I guess what I’m asking for is some sort of terminal Registry browser (i.e. the ability to list the packages in a registry, search by keyword, print out the description, stuff like that).
for example, I have used the smoothing splines from Dierckx.jl, but I always forget that name, so assuming the General/D/Dierckx/Package.toml gets filled out with a description and keywords, presumably if I used pgk3 ] search on the packages in General for “splines” I would get a hit on Dierckx, and then I could add that package.
or maybe i’m just old, and should just use the web…
i’m excited about 1.0!!!
perrin