---
title: "package(url:from:)"
framework: packagedescription
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: "packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:from:)"
---

# package(url:from:)

Adds a remote package dependency with a version requirement, starting with the given minimum version, going up to the next major version.

## Declaration

```swift
static func package(url: String, from version: Version) -> Package.Dependency
```

## Parameters

- `url`: The valid Git URL of the package.
- `version`: The minimum version requirement.

## Return Value

Return Value A Package.Dependency instance.

## Discussion

Discussion This is the recommended way to specify a remote package dependency. It allows you to specify the minimum version you require, allows updates that include bug fixes and backward-compatible feature updates, but requires you to explicitly update to a new major version of the dependency. This approach provides the maximum flexibility on which version to use, while making sure you don’t update to a version with breaking changes, and helps to prevent conflicts in your dependency graph. The following example allows the Swift Package Manager to select a version like a  1.2.3, 1.2.4, or 1.3.0, but not 2.0.0. .package(url: "https://example.com/example-package.git", from: "1.2.3"), If the package you depend on defines traits, the package manager uses the dependency with its default set of traits.

## See Also

### Creating a package dependency from a URL

- [package(url:from:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:from:traits:).md)
- [package(url:_:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:_:)-2ys47.md)
- [package(url:_:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:_:traits:)-5pt81.md)
- [package(url:_:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:_:)-1r6rc.md)
- [package(url:_:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:_:traits:)-mjzv.md)
- [package(url:branch:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:branch:).md)
- [package(url:branch:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:branch:traits:).md)
- [package(url:revision:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:revision:).md)
- [package(url:revision:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:revision:traits:).md)
- [package(url:exact:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:exact:).md)
- [package(url:exact:traits:)](packagedescription/package/dependency/package(url:exact:traits:).md)