# ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package FixConda does not have Pkg in its dependencies
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, package
**Created:** [October 27, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457 "2025-10-27T12:55:45Z")
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### Author:  [@Monicate](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Monicate)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457/1 "2025-10-27T12:55:46Z")
Hello, I’m trying to install a package using
```julia-auto
Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://bitbucket.org/etjekant/fixconda/src/master/"))
```
Which yields the following error:
ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package FixConda does not have Pkg in its dependencies:
- You may have a partially installed environment. Try `Pkg.instantiate()`
to ensure all packages in the environment are installed.
- Or, if you have FixConda checked out for development and have
added Pkg as a dependency but haven’t updated your primary
environment’s manifest file, try `Pkg.resolve()`.
- Otherwise you may need to report an issue with FixConda
I have seen answers when people have this issue with their own code, but I try to install a package. How can I install this package? Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457/2 "2025-10-28T08:09:24Z")
> [@Monicate](#):
>
> - Otherwise you may need to report an issue with FixConda
The package tries to import other packages without declaring them as dependencies, so it’s broken and can’t be installed until it’s fixed.
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### Author:  [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457/3 "2025-10-28T18:35:30Z")
Hi, and welcome to the Julia community!
The proper solution is indeed to get the maintainer to update the package. But if you just want a workaround, you could `dev` it and fix it yourself:
```julia
using Pkg
# If necessary, first switch to the environment you want to use FixConda in: Pkg.activate("...")
Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(url="https://bitbucket.org/etjekant/fixconda/src/master/"))
Pkg.activate("(...)/.julia/dev/FixConda") # adjust to path to Julia (when working in the REPL, Pkg.activate("FixConda") might also work)
Pkg.add("Pkg") # If it tries precompiling now, it still fails
Pkg.update("CSV") # Precompilation should work
Pkg.activate("...") # Switch back to the original env
Pkg.resolve()
using FixConda
```
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### Author:  [@Monicate](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Monicate)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457/4 "2025-10-28T21:59:08Z")
> [@eldee](#):
>
> `Pkg.activate("FixConda")`
Thank you, with ‘path’ do you mean the path that you get when you type ‘where julia’ in cmd? Because that results in a StackOverflowError. Same for Pkg.activate(“FixConda”).
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### Author:  [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-loaderror-argumenterror-package-fixconda-does-not-have-pkg-in-its-dependencies/133457/5 "2025-10-29T07:37:22Z")
Oh, my bad, that was quite unclear. I didn’t mean the path of the Julia executable (or of a symlink pointing to it), but the Julia directory, normally `C:\Users\\.julia` on Windows, `/home//.julia` on Linux.