# Cannot download any packages in Julia 1.11

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Created:** [November 1, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125 "2024-11-01T11:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![lokit\_khemka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lokit_khemka/32/213118_2.png) [@lokit\_khemka](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lokit_khemka)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125/1 "2024-11-01T11:58:07Z")

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```julia
ERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git, error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to send request: The connection with the server was terminated abnormally
)

```

is the error I get. I am able to ping `github.com` normally. I am using Windows 11, FYI.

```julia
ping github.com

Pinging github.com [20.207.73.82] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 20.207.73.82: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=119
Reply from 20.207.73.82: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=119
Reply from 20.207.73.82: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=119
Reply from 20.207.73.82: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 20.207.73.82:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 25ms, Average = 24ms

```

The above are the results from the ping. I could not find any solution for this.

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**Author:** ![littlelib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/littlelib/32/209324_2.png) [@littlelib](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/littlelib)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125/2 "2024-11-02T03:18:49Z")

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Is your connection behind a proxy server?

> [@Windows 10 -\> Pkg.add -\> ERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-10-pkg-add-error-failed-to-clone-from-https-github-com-juliaregistries-general-git/27574):
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> Hi, Julia is awesume, but I have trouble to add packages at my corporate computer. The fixes in the topic below seems to only work at windows 7 machines and I am using windows 10. Is there someone with the same problem who has already solved it? At home it works (also Windows 10). julia\> Pkg.add(“IJulia”) Cloning default registries into C:\Users\gerischerp\.julia Cloning registry from “[GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)” ERROR: failed to clo…

This might be related.

I also use julia 1.11 on windows, and yet had no related issue, so I think it’s network related.

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**Author:** ![lokit\_khemka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lokit_khemka/32/213118_2.png) [@lokit\_khemka](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lokit_khemka)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125/3 "2024-11-03T12:42:32Z")

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Hi, I do use VPN. But, the solutions you attached doesn’t work for me, with or without VPN.

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**Author:** ![littlelib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/littlelib/32/209324_2.png) [@littlelib](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/littlelib)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-download-any-packages-in-julia-1-11/122125/4 "2024-11-03T16:47:10Z")

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Looking through some previous cases of such error, it seems that it’s either a problem with the proxy or firewall.

> [@I still can't use Julia 1.6.x](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-still-cant-use-julia-1-6-x/61345/1):
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> Julia 1.6 corporate firewall Any news to solve this problem?

This is the next best post I could find regarding your problem.  
If this doesn’t work, I’m afraid your best bet would be using a hotspot without proxy/firewall, or manually cloning `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git` to `~/.julia/registries`.