# Pkg.add"Genie") Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden."

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Got this error on Pkg.add(“Genie”)

julia\> Pkg.add(“Genie”)  
Resolving package versions…  
Installed JuliaInterpreter ─ v0.8.18  
Downloading artifact: Nettle  
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.”  
At line:12 char:1

- $webclient.DownloadFile("[https://pkg.julialang.org/artifact/83276d069](https://pkg.julialang.org/artifact/83276d069) …
- 

```julia
  + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

```

Downloading artifact: Nettle  
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.”  
At line:7 char:1

- $webclient.DownloadFile("[https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Nettl](https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Nettl) …
- 

```julia
  + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

```

ERROR: Unable to automatically install ‘Nettle’ from ‘C:\Users\bwwebb.julia\packages\Nettle\_jll\tm6sY\Artifacts.toml’  
Stacktrace:  
[1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33  
[2] ensure\_artifact\_installed(::String, ::Dict{String,Any}, ::String; platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, verbose::Bool, quiet\_download::Bool) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:899  
[3] ensure\_all\_artifacts\_installed(::String; platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, pkg\_uuid::Nothing, include\_lazy::Bool, verbose::Bool, quiet\_download::Bool) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:963  
[4] download\_artifacts(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{String,1}; platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, verbose::Bool) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:663  
[5] download\_artifacts(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}; platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, verbose::Bool) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:642  
[6] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Array{Base.UUID,1}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1141  
[7] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:188  
[8] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:139  
[9] #add#21 at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]  
[10] add at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]  
[11] #add#20 at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:66 [inlined]  
[12] add at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:66 [inlined]  
[13] add(::String; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:65  
[14] add(::String) at C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\Pkg\src\API.jl:65  
[15] top-level scope at REPL[6]:1