# Pluto not respecting project environment

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** pluto\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-not-respecting-project-environment/65308 "2021-07-26T15:05:48Z")\
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The built-in package manager has the Project.toml and Manifest.toml integrated in the notebook.jl file. If the packages are already installed, Pluto does not re-install them, analogue to activating a Project.toml file (what is actually done under the hood).  
To use an external Project.toml file see here: [https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/wiki/🎁-Package-management#pattern-the-shared-environment](https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/wiki/%F0%9F%8E%81-Package-management#pattern-the-shared-environment)  
Combining both approaches is not possible because it would be ambiguous.

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