# Another issue with Pkg on 0.7alpha

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/another-issue-with-pkg-on-0-7alpha/11855>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/another-issue-with-pkg-on-0-7alpha/11855 "2018-06-21T14:46:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/another-issue-with-pkg-on-0-7alpha/11855/1 "2018-06-21T14:46:36Z")

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when I try to add a package URL I run into the error below.

I note that the folder c:\cygwin does not even exist.  
I went through some environment variables

Any ideas? Why is the Pkg manager looking for that folder?

```julia
julia> pwd()
"C:\\temp\\del1"

(del1) pkg> st
    Status `Project.toml`

(del1) pkg> add https://github.com/fredrikekre/ImportMacros.jl
ERROR: stat: invalid argument (EINVAL)
Stacktrace:
 [1] stat(::String) at .\stat.jl:68
 [2] isdir at .\stat.jl:303 [inlined]
 [3] #parse_package#5(::Pkg.REPLMode.CommandKind, ::Function, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:145
 [4] #parse_package at .\<missing>:0 [inlined]
 [5] do_add_or_develop!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}, ::Pkg.REPLMode.CommandKind) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:573
 [6] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:670 [inlined]
 [7] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:669 [inlined]
 [8] do_cmd!(::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:275
 [9] #do_cmd#8(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:235
 [10] do_cmd at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:232 [inlined]
 [11] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol("##27#30")){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:950
 [12] top-level scope

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 0.7.0-alpha.0
Commit 22590d529d* (2018-05-31 00:07 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7980XE CPU @ 2.60GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.0 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
  JULIA_EDITOR = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/another-issue-with-pkg-on-0-7alpha/11855/2 "2018-06-21T14:57:52Z")

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I believe this is due to an error in libuv (Windows) that has to do with handling of links. At the moment I can’t find the issue for this, but I am pretty sure one has been filed.  
Edit: Found it: [https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/326](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/326)

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/another-issue-with-pkg-on-0-7alpha/11855/3 "2018-06-21T15:09:22Z")

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It is fixed on nightly but no on alpha.