# How to add unregistered packages to REQUIRE?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-unregistered-packages-to-require/4737>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 8, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-unregistered-packages-to-require/4737 "2017-07-08T09:36:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mohamed82008](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mohamed82008/32/18171_2.png) [@mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mohamed82008)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-unregistered-packages-to-require/4737/1 "2017-07-08T09:36:42Z")

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How can I add an unregistered package to REQUIRE to be installed automatically?

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-unregistered-packages-to-require/4737/2 "2017-07-08T09:45:36Z")

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AFAIK no way currently. You have to wait for Pkg3.  
[https://github.com/StefanKarpinski/Pkg3.jl](https://github.com/StefanKarpinski/Pkg3.jl)

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**Author:** ![baggepinnen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baggepinnen/32/693_2.png) [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-unregistered-packages-to-require/4737/3 "2017-07-08T10:03:39Z")

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Maybe you can add instructions to install the unregistered package in your package build instructions?