# Codecov.io and using packages not in the general registry

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/codecov-io-and-using-packages-not-in-the-general-registry/118488>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** codecov, github-actions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/codecov-io-and-using-packages-not-in-the-general-registry/118488 "2024-08-22T14:21:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/codecov-io-and-using-packages-not-in-the-general-registry/118488/1 "2024-08-22T14:21:24Z")

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I’ve created a package that uses another package which is not in the general registry. When the CI/coverage testing runs (github action) it fails, saying it expects the included package to be found in the general registry. (Error message below.)

I imagine there is some way (in the yaml file) to tell the CI runner to add a package by URL instead for looking in the general registry. I tried something like this in my `CI.yml` file:

` - run: julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/wildart/SmithNormalForm.jl")'` but I still get the same error. Somehow the added package isn’t persisting from one line in the yaml file to the next. This is probably a simple problem, but I’ve tried multiple variations with no success. Anyone have some advice?

Here is my full yaml file:

```julia
name: Runtests
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs: 
  test: 
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix: 
        julia-version: ['1.8']
        julia-arch: [x64]
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
        with: 
          version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
      - run: julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/wildart/SmithNormalForm.jl")'
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@latest
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
        env:
          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}      

```

```julia
ERROR: LoadError: expected package `SmithNormalForm [ba71f38f]` to be registered
Stacktrace:
 [1] pkgerror(msg::String)
   @ Pkg.Types ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Types.jl:67
 [2] check_registered
   @ ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1190 [inlined]
 [3] instantiate(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; manifest::Nothing, update_registry::Bool, verbose::Bool, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, allow_build::Bool, allow_autoprecomp::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1562
 [4] build(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, uuids::Set{Base.UUID}, verbose::Bool)
   @ Pkg.Operations ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:895
 [5] build(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; verbose::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1029
 [6] build(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:156
 [7] build(; name::Nothing, uuid::Nothing, version::Nothing, url::Nothing, rev::Nothing, path::Nothing, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, subdir::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:171
 [8] (::Base.var"#88#90"{Base.var"#88#89#91"{ExponentialBackOff, Nothing, typeof(Pkg.API.build)}})(; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Base ./error.jl:309
 [9] top-level scope
   @ ~/work/_temp/906d5260-4813-4de2-b3c2-ac1428229c10:27
in expression starting at /Users/runner/work/_temp/906d5260-4813-4de2-b3c2-ac1428229c10:27

caused by: expected package `SmithNormalForm [ba71f38f]` to be registered
Stacktrace:
 [1] pkgerror(msg::String)
   @ Pkg.Types ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Types.jl:67
 [2] check_registered
   @ ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:1190 [inlined]
 [3] instantiate(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; manifest::Nothing, update_registry::Bool, verbose::Bool, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, allow_build::Bool, allow_autoprecomp::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1556
 [4] build(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, uuids::Set{Base.UUID}, verbose::Bool)
   @ Pkg.Operations ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/Operations.jl:895
 [5] build(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; verbose::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:1029
 [6] build(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:156
 [7] build(; name::Nothing, uuid::Nothing, version::Nothing, url::Nothing, rev::Nothing, path::Nothing, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, subdir::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Pkg.API ~/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.8.5/aarch64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Pkg/src/API.jl:171
 [8] (::Base.var"#88#90"{Base.var"#88#89#91"{ExponentialBackOff, Nothing, typeof(Pkg.API.build)}})(; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Bool, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:verbose,), Tuple{Bool}}})
   @ Base ./error.jl:309
 [9] top-level scope
   @ ~/work/_temp/906d5260-4813-4de2-b3c2-ac1428229c10:27
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

```

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**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/codecov-io-and-using-packages-not-in-the-general-registry/118488/2 "2024-08-23T06:40:18Z")

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I was able to get this to work. I relied on chatGPT4o heavily for suggestions. I’m not sure completely why this works, but it seems to be necessary to _remove_ one of the unregistered packages and then reinstall it each time the github action installs my package and dependencies. The tests take a long time now (lots of precompilation). But at least they actually succeed in running.

I would love feedback/explanation of why its necessary to rm and reinstall one of my unregistered dependencies…

Here is my working `CI.yaml` file:

```julia
name: Runtests
on: [push, pull_request]
# needed to allow julia-actions/cache to delete old caches that it has created
permissions: 
  actions: write
  contents: read
jobs: 
  test: 
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix: 
        julia-version: ['1.9']
        julia-arch: [x64]
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
        #os: [macOS-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
        with: 
          version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
      #- uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
      - run: |
          julia -e '
            import Pkg;
            Pkg.activate("."); # Activate the project environment
            # Not sure why removing and reinstalling the SNF package is necessary, but it is
            Pkg.rm("SmithNormalForm"); # Remove any existing installation of SNFer
            Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/glwhart/Spacey.jl"); # Re-add Spacey from the URL
            Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/wildart/SmithNormalForm.jl"); # Add the unregistered SNF package
          '
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@latest
      - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
        env:
          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}          

```