# Do I need to install IO2D library

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-io2d-library/1416
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-io2d-library/1416 "2020-06-19T22:45:03Z")
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### Author: ![PaulGureghian](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/paulgureghian/32/689_2.png) [@PaulGureghian](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/PaulGureghian)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-io2d-library/1416/1 "2020-06-19T22:45:03Z")

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in a specific location so CMake ‘find\_package’ can find it and / or do I need to edit a CMake \_MODULE\_PATH or CMake\_Prefix\_Path file ?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-io2d-library/1416/3 "2020-11-11T14:46:13Z")

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Yes, you’ll need to install dependent packages yourself. Some projects do try and download their dependencies automatically, but this one doesn’t seem to be one of them.