# Install a package under a different name (/docs/guides/install/npm-alias)

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Related: [Add a dependency](/docs/guides/install/add.md), [Add a development dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-dev.md), [Add an optional dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-optional.md), [Add a peer dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-peer.md), [Add a Git dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-git.md), [Add a tarball dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-tarball.md)

To install an npm package under an alias:

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun add my-custom-name@npm:zod
```

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You can now import the `zod` package as `my-custom-name`.

```ts index.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
import { z } from "my-custom-name";

z.string();
```

***

See [`bun install`](/pm/cli/install).