# Install packages behind the proxy

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-packages-behind-the-proxy/23298>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 19, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-packages-behind-the-proxy/23298 "2019-04-19T09:13:17Z")\
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I have a similar issue with installing packages behind a proxy. But in my case it’s not complaining about HTTPS proxies or whatever, it’s just trying to direct connect and failing (which is expected if it tries to direct connect)

I’m using the Debian testing packages: Julia 1.0.3+dfsg-4

I have all the right ENV settings:

```julia

julia> ENV["HTTP_PROXY"]
"http://pico.lan:3128"

julia> ENV["http_proxy"]
"http://pico.lan:3128"

julia> ENV["HTTPS_PROXY"]
"http://pico.lan:3128"

julia> ENV["https_proxy"]
"http://pico.lan:3128"

```

I try to Pkg.add(“StatsBase”) but rather than complaining about anything related to the proxy, it actually just tries to direct connect, which isn’t possible:

```julia
julia> Pkg.add("StatsBase")
   Cloning default registries into /home/dlakelan/.julia/registries
   Cloning registry General from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git"
e[?25le[?25hERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git, error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to connect to github.com: Connection timed out)
Stacktrace:
 [1] pkgerror(::String) at /build/julia-wJr69F/julia-1.0.3+dfsg/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/Pkg/src/Types.jl:120
...

```

Thoughts?

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