# Cannot Build HDF5 in 0.6.1

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-build-hdf5-in-0-6-1/8170
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-build-hdf5-in-0-6-1/8170 "2018-01-05T04:02:24Z")
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### Author: ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-build-hdf5-in-0-6-1/8170/1 "2018-01-05T04:02:25Z")

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I have been trying to download use the `MAT` package. `Pkg.add("MAT")` works, but one of its dependencies, `HDF5`, does not install properly.

When I run `Pkg.build("HDF5")`, It can’t seem to find a place to download it.

```julia
Pkg.build("HDF5")
INFO: Building WinRPM
INFO: Downloading https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: Unknown download failure, error code: 2148270088
WARNING: Retry 1/5 downloading: https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: Unknown download failure, error code: 2148270088
WARNING: Retry 2/5 downloading: https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: Unknown download failure, error code: 2148270088
WARNING: Retry 3/5 downloading: https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: Unknown download failure, error code: 2148270088
WARNING: Retry 4/5 downloading: https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: Unknown download failure, error code: 2148270088
WARNING: Retry 5/5 downloading: https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml
WARNING: received error 0 while downloading https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml

(another round of download attempts)

LoadError: None of the selected providers can install dependency libhdf5.
Use BinDeps.debug(package_name) to see available providers

```

I am using windows 10, Julia 0.6.1, and have performed `Pkg.update()` to get all packages up to date.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Additional searching has led me to believe that `ttps://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/repodata/repomd.xml` may just be down. Is there any way for me to check this independently so that I can confirm this if a similar issue comes up again?

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### Author: ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-build-hdf5-in-0-6-1/8170/2 "2018-01-05T19:00:21Z")

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Update: Running `Pkg.build("HDF5")` worked today. It appears the OpenSuse server wasn’t responding. Does anyone have information on how `Pkg3` might address this?
