# Adding package to project by identifying directory (from outside)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-package-to-project-by-identifying-directory-from-outside/58747>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-package-to-project-by-identifying-directory-from-outside/58747 "2021-04-07T11:15:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mrion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mrion/32/23727_2.png) [@Mrion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mrion)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-package-to-project-by-identifying-directory-from-outside/58747/1 "2021-04-07T11:15:03Z")

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Hi! Is there a way to add package to project from outside of project? Something like Pkg.add(required\_package, path\_to\_project\_where\_package\_should\_be\_added)

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**Author:** ![Mrion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mrion/32/23727_2.png) [@Mrion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mrion)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-package-to-project-by-identifying-directory-from-outside/58747/2 "2021-04-07T11:16:06Z")

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I want to add packages to project from customized plugin using PkgTemplates

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-package-to-project-by-identifying-directory-from-outside/58747/3 "2021-04-07T11:37:09Z")

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Not sure I understand you correctly, but you could just activate the environment that you want to add to before adding?