# Import the Pkgs already installed on another PC

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-the-pkgs-already-installed-on-another-pc/17158
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-the-pkgs-already-installed-on-another-pc/17158 "2018-11-05T08:43:04Z")
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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: [November 5, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-the-pkgs-already-installed-on-another-pc/17158/9 "2018-11-05T18:01:44Z")

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Have you actually tried that with a nontrivial setup? It breaks very easily.

For the Docker solution, cf

> [@What is the appropriate way to clone packages in dockerfile?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066):
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> I am trying to clone or add a package from my repo in dockerfile, I am using: RUN julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.clone("https://github.com/jingpengw/GoogleCloud.jl.git")' but I was told that I should use add rather than clone ┌ Warning: Pkg.clone is only kept for legacy CI script reasons, please use `add` └ @ Pkg.API /buildworker/worker/package\_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:445 after I replace the clone with add, I got errors. I am probably not using it correctly. The t…

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