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## Authenticate to the Package Registry
+GitLab requires authentication to upload packages, and to install packages
+from private and internal projects. (You can, however, install packages
+from public projects without authentication.)
+
To authenticate to the Package Registry, you need one of the following:
- A [personal access token](../../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md)
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Prerequisites:
- The Conan remote [must be configured](#add-the-package-registry-as-a-conan-remote).
-- [Authentication](#authenticate-to-the-package-registry) with the
- Package Registry must be configured.
+- For private and internal projects, you must configure
+ [Authentication](#authenticate-to-the-package-registry)
+ with the Package Registry.
1. In the project where you want to install the package as a dependency, open
`conanfile.txt`. Or, in the root of your project, create a file called