# What if two packages have commands with the same name?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-two-packages-have-commands-with-the-same-name/16509>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-two-packages-have-commands-with-the-same-name/16509 "2018-10-18T18:43:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rohqhq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@rohqhq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rohqhq)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-two-packages-have-commands-with-the-same-name/16509/1 "2018-10-18T18:43:18Z")

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What if two packages have commands with the same name? What should one do in this situation? I tried to check it but I can’t add [PkgDev](https://github.com/JuliaLang/PkgDev.jl)

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-two-packages-have-commands-with-the-same-name/16509/2 "2018-10-18T18:47:18Z")

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Prefix with the package name. `Foo.bar()`.