# How to save "globally" installed package in a project folder?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-save-globally-installed-package-in-a-project-folder/50380>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-save-globally-installed-package-in-a-project-folder/50380 "2020-11-18T13:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mike\_k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mike_k/32/211864_2.png) [@mike\_k](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mike_k)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-save-globally-installed-package-in-a-project-folder/50380/1 "2020-11-18T13:28:46Z")

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Dear folks,

a while ago I created a Julia project in `/myproject` with `pkg> activate .` . However, I was a bit lazy and worked with the “globally” installed packages from `/.julia/environments/v1.4` which I updated several times in the meanwhile. Now I want to save that current configuration to my project. Is it sufficient to copy the files `Project.toml` and `Manifest.toml` from the julia-folder to `/myproject` overwriting the existing ones?  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![fbanning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fbanning/32/14972_2.png) [@fbanning](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fbanning)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-save-globally-installed-package-in-a-project-folder/50380/2 "2020-11-18T14:03:08Z")

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You can simply copy over the `Project.toml` (or just the dependencies mentioned in it) over to your `myproject` environment and continue working in it.