# ERROR: could not find project file in package at https://github.com/

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-could-not-find-project-file-in-package-at-https-github-com/44059 "2020-07-31T21:04:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ken\_Lin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ken_lin/32/14367_2.png) [@Ken\_Lin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ken_Lin)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-could-not-find-project-file-in-package-at-https-github-com/44059/1 "2020-07-31T21:04:43Z")

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Hello! I tried to install some packages on Julia 1.4.2 and I got errors of the following format:

```julia
ERROR: could not find project file in package at https://github.com/...

```

I was able to install these packages on Julia 1.3.1. Could you please provide some help? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![hendri54](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/hendri54/32/9621_2.png) [@hendri54](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hendri54)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-could-not-find-project-file-in-package-at-https-github-com/44059/2 "2020-08-01T12:31:35Z")

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It could be an older package that still uses `REQUIRE` instead of `Project.toml`. See [https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/1648](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/1648)

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**Author:** ![Ken\_Lin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ken_lin/32/14367_2.png) [@Ken\_Lin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ken_Lin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-could-not-find-project-file-in-package-at-https-github-com/44059/3 "2020-08-01T14:50:18Z")

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> [@hendri54](#):
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> It could be an older package that still uses `REQUIRE` instead of `Project.toml` . See [https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/1648](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/1648)

Thank you! Yes the packages are suing REQUIRE. It seems that the only solution is Transitioning from REQUIRE to Project.toml? If the owners of the packages don’t add the `Project.toml`, I would have to clone all the repos and do it myself then. Is my understanding correct?

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**Author:** ![anon37204545](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@anon37204545](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon37204545)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-could-not-find-project-file-in-package-at-https-github-com/44059/4 "2020-08-01T15:41:41Z")

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If the repository is unmaintained, you can fork it and add `Project.toml` yourself. Then you can use it with `]add https://github.com/Ken_Lin/name_of_forked_repository`.