# Software package hw-update is not installed. How to solve simatic manager error?

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**Category:** Siemens\
**Created:** [October 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/software-package-hw-update-is-not-installed-how-to-solve-simatic-manager-error/8709 "2020-10-23T11:53:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![automate](https://forumautomation.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@automate](https://forumautomation.com/u/automate)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/software-package-hw-update-is-not-installed-how-to-solve-simatic-manager-error/8709/1 "2020-10-23T11:53:12Z")

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The project contains object of the software package Hw-update which cannot be edited because the software package is not installed or exist in an earlier version. How to solve this issue in simatic manager?

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**Author:** ![denizen](https://forumautomation.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@denizen](https://forumautomation.com/u/denizen)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/software-package-hw-update-is-not-installed-how-to-solve-simatic-manager-error/8709/2 "2020-10-23T11:56:15Z")

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You are missing a hardware package. Compile the hardware configuration and see what is missing. Then install it.

Or There is one hardware update that you need to download