diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
index fd82f3642..3a0c4a886 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 namespace Grav\Common\GPM;
 
+use Grav\Common\Inflector;
 use Grav\Common\Iterator;
+use Grav\Common\Utils;
 
 class GPM extends Iterator
 {
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ class GPM extends Iterator
      */
     protected $cache;
 
+    protected $install_paths = ['plugins' => 'user/plugins/%name%', 'themes' => 'user/themes/%name%', 'skeletons' => 'user/'];
+
     /**
      * Creates a new GPM instance with Local and Remote packages available
      * @param boolean  $refresh  Applies to Remote Packages only and forces a refetch of data
@@ -347,7 +351,20 @@ class GPM extends Iterator
         $packages = ['total' => 0, 'not_found' => []];
 
         foreach ($searches as $search) {
+            $repository = '';
+            // if this is an object, get the search data from the key
+            if (is_object($search)) {
+                $search = (array) $search;
+                $key = key($search);
+                $repository = $search[$key];
+                $search = $key;
+            }
+
             if ($found = $this->findPackage($search)) {
+                // set override respository if provided
+                if ($repository) {
+                    $found->override_repository = $repository;
+                }
                 if (!isset($packages[$found->package_type])) {
                     $packages[$found->package_type] = [];
                 }
@@ -355,7 +372,19 @@ class GPM extends Iterator
                 $packages[$found->package_type][$found->slug] = $found;
                 $packages['total']++;
             } else {
-                $packages['not_found'][] = $search;
+                // make a best guess at the type based on the repo URL
+                if (Utils::contains($repository, '-theme')) {
+                    $type = 'themes';
+                } else {
+                    $type = 'plugins';
+                }
+
+                $not_found = new \stdClass();
+                $not_found->name = Inflector::camelize($search);
+                $not_found->slug = $search;
+                $not_found->install_path = str_replace('%name%', $search, $this->install_paths[$type]);
+                $not_found->override_repository = $repository;
+                $packages['not_found'][$search] = $not_found;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Plugins.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Plugins.php
index dd495963e..c33845fac 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Plugins.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Plugins.php
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Plugins extends Iterator
 
             $filePath = $this->grav['locator']('plugins://' . $plugin . DS . $plugin . PLUGIN_EXT);
             if (!is_file($filePath)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf("Plugin '%s' enabled but not found! Try clearing cache with `bin/grav clear-cache`", $plugin));
+                $this->grav['log']->addWarning(sprintf("Plugin '%s' enabled but not found! Try clearing cache with `bin/grav clear-cache`", $plugin));
+                continue;
             }
 
             require_once $filePath;
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/InstallCommand.php b/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/InstallCommand.php
index 261a73f4a..fd015a0e8 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Console/Gpm/InstallCommand.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use Grav\Common\Filesystem\Folder;
 use Grav\Common\GPM\GPM;
 use Grav\Common\GPM\Installer;
 use Grav\Common\GPM\Response;
+use Grav\Common\Inflector;
+use Grav\Common\Utils;
 use Grav\Console\ConsoleTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\ConfirmationQuestion;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\ChoiceQuestion;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+define('GIT_REGEX', '/http[s]?:\/\/(?:.*@)?(github|bitbucket)(?:.org|.com)\/.*\/(.*)/');
 
 /**
  * Class InstallCommand
@@ -42,6 +48,9 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
      */
     protected $tmp;
 
+    protected $local_config;
+
+
     /**
      *
      */
@@ -93,6 +102,11 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
         $packages = array_map('strtolower', $this->input->getArgument('package'));
         $this->data = $this->gpm->findPackages($packages);
 
+        $local_config_file = exec('eval echo ~/.grav/config');
+        if (file_exists($local_config_file)) {
+            $this->local_config = Yaml::parse($local_config_file);
+        }
+
         if (
             !Installer::isGravInstance($this->destination) ||
             !Installer::isValidDestination($this->destination, [Installer::EXISTS, Installer::IS_LINK])
@@ -111,7 +125,7 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
 
         if (count($this->data['not_found'])) {
             $this->output->writeln("These packages were not found on Grav: <red>" . implode('</red>, <red>',
-                    $this->data['not_found']) . "</red>");
+                    array_keys($this->data['not_found'])) . "</red>");
         }
 
         unset($this->data['not_found']);
@@ -119,11 +133,131 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
 
         foreach ($this->data as $data) {
             foreach ($data as $package) {
-                $version = isset($package->available) ? $package->available : $package->version;
-                $this->output->writeln("Preparing to install <cyan>" . $package->name . "</cyan> [v" . $version . "]");
 
-                $this->output->write("  |- Downloading package...     0%");
-                $this->file = $this->downloadPackage($package);
+                //Check for dependencies
+                if (isset($package->dependencies)) {
+                    $this->output->writeln("Package <cyan>" . $package->name . "</cyan> has ". count($package->dependencies) . " required dependencies that must be installed first...");
+                    $this->output->writeln('');
+
+                    $dependency_data = $this->gpm->findPackages($package->dependencies);
+
+                    if (!$dependency_data['total']) {
+                        $this->output->writeln("No dependencies found...");
+                        $this->output->writeln('');
+                    } else {
+                        unset($dependency_data['total']);
+
+                        foreach($dependency_data as $type => $dep_data) {
+                            foreach($dep_data as $name => $dep_package) {
+
+                                $this->processPackage($dep_package);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                $this->processPackage($package);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // clear cache after successful upgrade
+        $this->clearCache();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $package
+     */
+    private function processPackage($package)
+    {
+        $install_options = ['GPM'];
+
+        // if no name, not found in GPM
+        if (!isset($package->version)) {
+            unset($install_options[0]);
+        }
+        // if local config found symlink is a valid option
+        if (isset($this->local_config)) {
+            $install_options[] = 'Symlink';
+        }
+        // if override set, can install via git
+        if (isset($package->override_repository)) {
+            $install_options[] = 'Git';
+        }
+
+        // reindex list
+        $install_options = array_values($install_options);
+
+        if (count($install_options) == 0) {
+            // no valid install options - error and return
+            $this->output->writeln("<red>not valid installation methods found!</red>");
+            return;
+        } elseif (count($install_options) == 1) {
+            // only one option, use it...
+            $method = $install_options[0];
+        } else {
+            $helper = $this->getHelper('question');
+            $question = new ChoiceQuestion(
+                'Please select installation method for <cyan>' . $package->name . '</cyan> (<magenta>'.$install_options[0].' is default</magenta>)', array_values($install_options), 0
+            );
+            $question->setErrorMessage('Method %s is invalid');
+            $method = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
+        }
+
+        $this->output->writeln('');
+
+        $method_name = 'process'.$method;
+
+        $this->$method_name($package);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $package
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function getGitRegexMatches($package)
+    {
+        if (isset($package->override_repository)) {
+            $repository = $package->override_repository;
+        } elseif (isset($package->repository)) {
+            $repository = $package->repository;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        preg_match(GIT_REGEX, $repository, $matches);
+
+        return $matches;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $package
+     */
+    private function processSymlink($package)
+    {
+
+        exec('cd ' . $this->destination);
+
+        $to = $this->destination . DS . $package->install_path;
+
+        $matches = $this->getGitRegexMatches($package);
+
+        $this->output->writeln("Preparing to Symlink <cyan>" . $package->name . "</cyan>");
+        $this->output->write("  |- Checking source...  ");
+
+        foreach ($this->local_config as $path) {
+
+            if (Utils::endsWith($matches[2], '.git')) {
+                $repo_dir = preg_replace('/\.git$/', '', $matches[2]);
+            } else {
+                $repo_dir = $matches[2];
+            }
+
+            $from = rtrim($path, '/') . '/' . $repo_dir;
+
+            if (file_exists($from)) {
+
+                $this->output->writeln("<green>ok</green>");
 
                 $this->output->write("  |- Checking destination...  ");
                 $checks = $this->checkDestination($package);
@@ -132,21 +266,86 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
                     $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
                     $this->output->writeln('');
                 } else {
-                    $this->output->write("  |- Installing package...  ");
-                    $installation = $this->installPackage($package);
-                    if (!$installation) {
-                        $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
+                    if (file_exists($to)) {
+                        $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Symlink cannot overwrite an existing package, please remove first</red>");
                         $this->output->writeln('');
                     } else {
+                        symlink($from, $to);
+
+                        // extra white spaces to clear out the buffer properly
+                        $this->output->writeln("  |- Symlinking package...    <green>ok</green>                             ");
+
                         $this->output->writeln("  '- <green>Success!</green>  ");
                         $this->output->writeln('');
                     }
+
+
                 }
+                return;
             }
         }
+        $this->output->writeln("<red>not found!</red>");
+        $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
+    }
 
-        // clear cache after successful upgrade
-        $this->clearCache();
+    /**
+     * @param $package
+     */
+    private function processGit($package)
+    {
+        $matches = $this->getGitRegexMatches($package);
+
+        $to = $this->destination . DS . $package->install_path;
+
+        $this->output->writeln("Preparing to Git clone <cyan>" . $package->name . "</cyan> from " . $matches[0]);
+
+        $this->output->write("  |- Checking destination...  ");
+        $checks = $this->checkDestination($package);
+
+        if (!$checks) {
+            $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
+            $this->output->writeln('');
+        } else {
+            $cmd = 'cd ' . $this->destination . ' && git clone ' . $matches[0] . ' ' . $package->install_path;
+            exec($cmd);
+
+            // extra white spaces to clear out the buffer properly
+            $this->output->writeln("  |- Cloning package...    <green>ok</green>                             ");
+
+            $this->output->writeln("  '- <green>Success!</green>  ");
+            $this->output->writeln('');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $package
+     */
+    private function processGPM($package)
+    {
+        $version = isset($package->available) ? $package->available : $package->version;
+
+        $this->output->writeln("Preparing to install <cyan>" . $package->name . "</cyan> [v" . $version . "]");
+
+        $this->output->write("  |- Downloading package...     0%");
+        $this->file = $this->downloadPackage($package);
+
+        $this->output->write("  |- Checking destination...  ");
+        $checks = $this->checkDestination($package);
+
+        if (!$checks) {
+            $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
+            $this->output->writeln('');
+        } else {
+            $this->output->write("  |- Installing package...  ");
+            $installation = $this->installPackage($package);
+            if (!$installation) {
+                $this->output->writeln("  '- <red>Installation failed or aborted.</red>");
+                $this->output->writeln('');
+            } else {
+                $this->output->writeln("  '- <green>Success!</green>  ");
+                $this->output->writeln('');
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -218,6 +417,8 @@ class InstallCommand extends Command
                 $this->output->writeln("  |     '- <red>You decided to not delete the symlink automatically.</red>");
 
                 return false;
+            } else {
+                unlink($this->destination . DS . $package->install_path);
             }
         }