# It takes several minutes to add a single package

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-takes-several-minutes-to-add-a-single-package/70704
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** pkg, environment
**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-takes-several-minutes-to-add-a-single-package/70704 "2021-10-31T20:59:07Z")
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### Author: ![dilumaluthge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dilumaluthge/32/29283_2.png) [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-takes-several-minutes-to-add-a-single-package/70704/40 "2021-11-02T13:19:04Z")

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What if you do this at the beginning of your Julia session?

```julia
julia> import Pkg

julia> Pkg.UPDATED_REGISTRY_THIS_SESSION[] = true

```

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