# What is the appropriate way to clone packages in dockerfile?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066 "2018-11-01T19:27:08Z")
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### Author:  [@jwu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jwu)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/1 "2018-11-01T19:27:08Z")
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
```julia
┌ 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 terminal hint is not quite explicit.
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### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/2 "2018-11-01T19:28:11Z")
Well, what errors are you getting?
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### Author:  [@jwu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jwu)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/3 "2018-11-01T19:35:43Z")
```julia
julia> Pkg.add("https://github.com/jingpengw/GoogleCloud.jl.git")'
WARNING: Base.Pkg is deprecated, run `using Pkg` instead
in module Main
ERROR: https://github.com/jingpengw/GoogleCloud.jl.git is not a valid packagename
Stacktrace:
[1] pkgerror(::String) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/Types.jl:120
[2] check_package_name(::String) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:22
[3] iterate at ./generator.jl:47 [inlined]
[4] collect(::Base.Generator{Array{String,1},typeof(Pkg.API.check_package_name)}) at ./array.jl:619
[5] #add_or_develop#11(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Symbol,Tuple{Symbol},NamedTuple{(:mode,),Tuple{Symbol}}}, ::Function, ::Array{String,1}) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:28
[6] #add_or_develop at ./none:0 [inlined]
[7] #add_or_develop#10 at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:27 [inlined]
[8] #add_or_develop at ./none:0 [inlined]
[9] #add#18 at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:69 [inlined]
[10] add(::String) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Pkg/src/API.jl:69
[11] top-level scope at none:0
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/4 "2018-11-01T19:40:15Z")
```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://github.com/jingpengw/GoogleCloud.jl.git"))
```
(see the docs)
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### Author:  [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/5 "2018-11-05T17:10:56Z")
can you post an example using ssh instead of https?
I am using the following in Gitlab CI:
```julia
julia -e "using Pkg; Pkg.add(\"git@gitlab.com:MyPackages/MyPkg.jl.git\")"
```
but I keep getting this error:
> ERROR: [git@gitlab.com](mailto:git@gitlab.com):MyPackages/MyPkg.jl.git is not a valid packagename
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/6 "2018-11-05T17:24:17Z")
```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="git@gitlab.com:MyPackages/MyPkg.jl.git"))
```
(see the docs)
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### Author:  [@e3c6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/e3c6)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/7 "2018-11-05T17:36:52Z")
Ok. Just wanted to confirm. In the docs there is no example with the `git@...` format, maybe it could be added.
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-appropriate-way-to-clone-packages-in-dockerfile/17066/8 "2018-11-05T18:57:53Z")
That would be a nice addition