# How to add a package as a test dependency from the REPL?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, package
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313 "2018-08-30T12:41:27Z")
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### Author:  [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313/1 "2018-08-30T12:41:27Z")
To add a dependency ony for testing, I followed the instructions here: [Pkg · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Pkg/#Test-specific-dependencies-1).
But this involves editing `Project.toml` directly. Can this be done through the REPL (like `pkg> add ...` does for a proper dependency)?
Related (for Julia pre-0.7): [Dependency only for testing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependency-only-for-testing/863)
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313/2 "2018-08-30T13:03:18Z")
AFAIK you still need to edit the `Project.toml`.
A convenient way to do this is to `pkg> add TheDependency`, then open the editor and just move the line and to `[extras]` and add it to the relevant line in `[targets]`.
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### Author:  [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313/3 "2018-08-30T13:15:46Z")
> [@Tamas\_Papp](#):
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> A convenient way to do this is to `pkg> add TheDependency` , then open the editor and just move the line and to `[extras]` and add it to the relevant line in `[targets]` .
This is what I am doing now. Thanks. I see you already opened an issue to request this:
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> It would be great to have the functionality of #340 exposed in the interactive i…nterface, so that one does not have to manually edit the \`Project.toml\`. Eg something like
> \`\`\`julia
> pkg\> add targets.test SomePackage
> pkg\> rm targets.test SomePackage
> \`\`\`
> or simply \`add test\`.
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### Author:  [@mleprovost](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mleprovost)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-package-as-a-test-dependency-from-the-repl/14313/4 "2021-01-18T20:04:48Z")
Hello,
How should we add a test-only package dependency from the REPL, without copy-pasting from the Project.toml?