# Automatically install packages used in script

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatically-install-packages-used-in-script/102279>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 31, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatically-install-packages-used-in-script/102279 "2023-07-31T00:21:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatically-install-packages-used-in-script/102279/6 "2023-08-30T08:27:22Z")

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I had comparable requirements to yours. See below links.

> [@Using package / install automatically](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-package-install-automatically/70896):
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> Hi, If I do using DataFrames and the package is not install, Julia 1.7 will ask me if I want to install it and I will have to type y or n. Is there a way to skip that step and have Julia installed the package if it is not available? Of course one can write a function that check if the package is installed or not and then install it. I was wondering if there is an option I can pass to using DataFrames that will automatically install the package if not installed? Could that be a feature reque…

> <https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/3027>
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> As suggested by @KristofferC in the following link:
> https://discourse.julialang….org/t/using-package-install-automatically/70896/5
> I am opening an issue so that maintainers can discuss whether they deem it useful or not to have an option to automatically install a package when using \`using\`. That option would bypass the prompt message asking whether the user wants to install the package or not.
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> Just speaking for myself here (i.e. not for other users), but when I use \`using X\`, I will probably answer yes 99% of the time to the question "do you want to install package X".
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> That option could be implemented via macro or env variable, I don't really have a strong view on it.
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> I just think it is a nice to have option.
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> Thank you

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