# ERROR: can't determine package name from URL (git)
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740 "2018-03-15T19:56:54Z")
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### Author:  [@nouyang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nouyang)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740/1 "2018-03-15T19:56:54Z")
Hello,
I am getting an error trying to use a package on github.
> julia\> Pkg.clone(“[git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git”)
> ERROR: can’t determine package name from URL: [git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git
vs.
> julia\> Pkg.clone(“[git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):davidanthoff/ExcelReaders.jl.git”)
> Appears to work fine (though as I installed it previously, i get
> INFO: Cloning ExcelReaders from [git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):davidanthoff/ExcelReaders.jl.git
> ERROR: ExcelReaders already exists
How might I install and use this package?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740/2 "2018-03-15T19:59:35Z")
```julia
help> Pkg.clone
clone(url, [pkg])
Clone a package directly from the git URL url. The package does not need to be
registered in Pkg.dir("METADATA"). The package repo is cloned by the name pkg if
provided; if not provided, pkg is determined automatically from url.
```
So try give a name as the second argument.
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### Author:  [@nouyang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nouyang)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740/3 "2018-03-15T20:20:36Z")
Oh wow, thanks.
I am still having some issues
> julia\> Pkg.clone(“[git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git”,“mrice”)
> ulia\> Pkg.add(“mrice”)
> INFO: Package mrice is already installed
> julia\> mrice
> ERROR: UndefVarError: mrice not defined
> julia\> import mrice
> ERROR: ArgumentError: Module mrice not found in current path.
> Run `Pkg.add("mrice")` to install the mrice package.
> julia\> using mrice
> ERROR: ArgumentError: Module mrice not found in current path.
> Run `Pkg.add("mrice")` to install the mrice package.
It shows up in Pkg.status()
> - mrice 0.0.0- master (unregistered)
How can I use the package?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740/4 "2018-03-15T20:33:02Z")
It doesn’t have the standard packge file structure (so it isn’t really a package). You can just include the main file though, `include(Pkg.dir("mrice", "src", "main.jl"))`
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### Author:  [@nouyang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nouyang)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-cant-determine-package-name-from-url-git/9740/5 "2018-03-15T21:09:31Z")
Thank you so much!