I am working on a corporate computer with Windows 7 Enterprise and Powershell version 2.0.
When I am trying to install packages such as Sundials.jl or CxxWrap.jl, I get an error when the powershell command invoked by BinaryProvider.jl is trying to download some binary files (see the screenshot below to see the error message).
I have disabled my Symantec Endpoint Protection or try to set some exceptions for powershell in this antivirus/anti-malware software but none of that was able to solve the problem.
So would you have any suggestions to bypass this security issue or a way to install a package manually like in R where the package can be installed from a zip file with the command install.packages(“filepath.zip”).
Powershell can be disabled domain-wide via a group policy setting. If I remember correctly, this is the case for my workplace. I will try on Monday whether I can reproduce the problem.
run("powershell") works from Julia.
It’s the specific powershell command used to download a .tar.gz file which is blocked by my antivirus software when run either in Julia or in the Windows command prompt:
So, it’s not an Julia issue per se. But I would like to find a solution to circumvent the problem by either replacing the powershell command in the BinaryProvider.jl package or by installing the package manually from a zip file.
Thanks for checking. Unfortunately, I am working in a large company so I won’t be able to get our IT department to change a group policy setting for Julia especially when I see that Symantec has a full document on the use of powershell to attack systems (Powershell Symantec).
I neither have hope for my employer in that regard. But that would mean that there needs to be a workaround to make BinaryProvider and also Base Julia work in locked-down environments.
