# Package oddities

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174 "2023-07-04T14:35:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![vapidbabble](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vapidbabble/32/17135_2.png) [@vapidbabble](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vapidbabble)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174/1 "2023-07-04T14:35:26Z")

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I’m fine in the US, but some others on HOJ (Humans of Julia) discord are unable to update packages. They noticed [Status](https://status.julialang.org/service/in-pkg-julialang-org) says it’s offline. I tried to ping and I mistyped `pkg.julialang.org` as `pkg.juliakabg.org` and got a ping, which is disturbing.

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**Author:** ![jishnub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jishnub/32/33620_2.png) [@jishnub](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jishnub)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174/2 "2023-07-04T14:58:11Z")

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Yes, the pkg server `in.pkg.julialang.org` seems to be down. A workaround is to set

```julia
ENV["JULIA_PKG_SERVER"] = "jp.pkg.julialang.org"

```

or to any other working server.

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**Author:** ![LeePhillips](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/leephillips/32/205514_2.png) [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174/3 "2023-07-04T14:59:20Z")

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This may be related to the recent github outage: [GitHub Status - Incident History](https://www.githubstatus.com/history).

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-oddities/101174/4 "2023-07-04T15:03:50Z")

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I’m fairly certain that the package server machines are independent of GitHub infrastructure. The _content_ of the package servers may become delayed by GitHub outages though.