# How to test if package is installed

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-test-if-package-is-installed/3508>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-test-if-package-is-installed/3508 "2017-05-04T06:18:47Z")\
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basically, something like this in `.juliarc`:

```julia
if (SomePackage is installed) && (VERSION >= v"0.6-")
   eval(quote
           import SomePackage
           SomePackage.dostuff(...)
        end)
end

```

ie using a package but not causing an error if it is not available.

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