# Recommended way to migrate an existing package to Pkg3

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-way-to-migrate-an-existing-package-to-pkg3/11560>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 9, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-way-to-migrate-an-existing-package-to-pkg3/11560 "2018-06-09T19:26:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-way-to-migrate-an-existing-package-to-pkg3/11560/2 "2018-06-09T20:17:06Z")

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1. There should be a default `Project.toml` for your version Julia version. Project specific ones override the default one.
2. When everything is working the dependencies are computed from the `Project.toml` not from `REQUIRE`. You don’t need the `REQUIRE` file anymore.
3. Projects are similar to `.Rproj` and other implementations. You need the whole shebang. You can download them to any directory and work with it there.

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