# Uploading a Package

Once your package is ready it's time to save and distribute it.

### Saving a package manifest locally

To save a package to your local disk use `build`.

```python
import quilt3
p = quilt3.Package()

top_hash = p.build("aneesh/test_data")
```

Building a package requires providing it with a name. Packages names must follow the `"${namespace}/${packagename}"` format. For small teams, we recommend using the package author's name as the namespace.

### Authenticating to a remote registry

To share a package with others via a remote registry you will first need to authenticate against, if you haven't done so already:

```python
# only need to run this once
# ie quilt3.config('https://your-catalog-homepage/')
quilt3.config('https://open.quiltdata.com/')

# follow the instructions to finish login
quilt3.login()
```

### Pushing a package to a remote registry

To share a package with others via a remote registry, use `push`:

```python
p = quilt3.Package()
p.push(
    "aneesh/test_data",
    "s3://quilt-example",
    message="Updated version my package"
)
```

`s3://quilt-example` is the *registry*—the storage backend that the package is available from.

You can omit the registry argument if you configure a `default_remote_registry` (this setting persists between sessions):

```python
quilt3.config(default_remote_registry='s3://quilt-example')
p = quilt3.Package()
p.push("aneesh/test_data")
```

You can control where files land using `dest`:

```python
p = quilt3.Package()
p.push(
    "aneesh/test_data",
    dest="s3://quilt-example/foo/bar"
)
```

> For even more fine-grained control of object landing paths see [Materialization](/version-4.1.x/advanced/materialization.md).

### Saving a package on a remote registry

`push` will send both a package manifest and its data to a remote registry. This will involve copying your data to S3. To save just the package manifest to S3 without any data copying, use `build`:

```python
p = quilt3.Package()
p.build("aneesh/test_data", "s3://quilt-example")
```

This will create a new version of your package with all of its physical keys preserved.

### Delete a package from a registry

To delete a package from a registry:

```python
# delete a package in the local registry
quilt3.delete_package("aneesh/test_data")

# delete a package in a remote registry
quilt3.delete_package("aneesh/test_data", "s3://quilt-example")
```

Note that this will not delete any package data, only the package manifest.


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