# How to Add, Build and Precompile Package that is downloaded from github in Julia?

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**Created:** [July 23, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-build-and-precompile-package-that-is-downloaded-from-github-in-julia/101949 "2023-07-23T04:54:23Z")\
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You can just do `Pkg.add("path/to/downloaded/directory")` and Pkg will add the package, download dependencies from its `Project.toml` file and be good to go.

If you intend to edit the package code locally, you can also use `Pkg.dev` so that it stays in sync with your changes.

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