# Gen install

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gen-install/26459>\
**Category:** Numerics\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gen-install/26459 "2019-07-17T09:11:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gen-install/26459/9 "2019-07-17T12:58:39Z")

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@fredrikekre was right, you don’t need to quote unless there are special characters.  
First press ]. Then `add https://github.com/probcomp/Gen`.

Alternatively,

```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url = "https://github.com/probcomp/Gen"))

```

Again, you are not pressing ]

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