# Using a manually downloaded package
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, package
**Created:** [August 22, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800 "2021-08-22T11:28:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Valery](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Valery)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800/1 "2021-08-22T11:28:51Z")
I recently manually downloaded a package for Julia. Where should I put the folder ? (I would prefer to put the package in the working directory in my situation). Then, how should I “include/import/using” it ? At the moment, the Touchstone package is considered as not defined.
Specific info: the package I am trying to use is [Touchstone.jl](https://github.com/mpichl87/Touchstone.jl). I put it in the working directory (directory of the `Main` module).
```julia
module Main
import .Touchstone
Touchstone.parse_touchstone_file(joinpath(@ __DIR__ , "sparam.s24p" ))
end
```
```julia
WARNING: replacing module Main.
WARNING: could not import Main.Touchstone into Main
ERROR: UndefVarError: Touchstone not defined
Stacktrace:
[1] top-level scope at REPL[2]:4
```
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### Author:  [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800/2 "2021-08-22T11:34:39Z")
I would recommend that you just do the following:
```julia
julia> import Pkg
julia> Pkg.add(url = "https://github.com/mpichl87/Touchstone.jl")
julia> import Touchstone
```
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### Author:  [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800/3 "2021-08-22T16:17:35Z")
An easier way (and to remember) is just, after typing `]`:
```julia
(@v1.6) pkg> add https://github.com/mpichl87/Touchstone.jl
```
> [@dilumaluthge](#):
>
> `julia> import Touchstone`
then I just use `using`, isn’t that the preferred way? I rarely use `import` at least not instead, is that better in this case?
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### Author:  [@Valery](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Valery)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-manually-downloaded-package/66800/4 "2021-08-23T06:43:10Z")
From my little experience, it depends on your project. I would typically `import` all the .jl I have personally written, such that it is evident when I call a function from them: `myJuliaModule.myFunction()`, and it does not conflict with anything else.