# Pkg instantiate fails

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709 "2018-06-15T20:20:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/1 "2018-06-15T20:20:02Z")

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Hi  
I copied a project.toml and a manifest.toml from one computer to another

On my ‘new’ computer .julia\registries is somehow empty.

I get the error below. How can I fix that?  
Can I update or define a registry somehow?

```julia
(Julia) pkg> st
    Status `C:\Users\bernhard.konig\ASync\home\Code\Julia\Project.toml`
→ [1520ce14] AbstractTrees v0.1.0+ #master [https://github.com/Keno/AbstractTrees.jl.git]
→ [6e4b80f9] BenchmarkTools v0.3.1
→ [00ebfdb7] CSTParser v0.3.5+ #v0.7compat [https://github.com/ZacLN/CSTParser.jl.git]
→ [336ed68f] CSV v0.2.5+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaData/CSV.jl.git]
→ [34da2185] Compat v0.68.0
→ [a2441757] Coverage v0.5.3
→ [a93c6f00] DataFrames v0.11.6
→ [31c24e10] Distributions v0.15.0+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl.git]
→ [5789e2e9] FileIO v0.9.0+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaIO/FileIO.jl.git]
→ [bc5e4493] GitHub v4.0.0
→ [cd3eb016] HTTP v0.6.12
→ [a4bce56a] Iterators v0.3.1
→ [033835bb] JLD2 v0.0.5+ #master [https://github.com/simonster/JLD2.jl.git]
→ [7f8f8fb0] LearnBase v0.1.6
→ [4345ca2d] Loess v0.3.0
→ [739be429] MbedTLS v0.5.11+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaWeb/MbedTLS.jl.git]
→ [4d1e1d77] Nullables v0.0.5
→ [a15396b6] OnlineStats v0.17.4+ #master [https://github.com/joshday/OnlineStats.jl.git]
→ [c46f51b8] ProfileView v0.3.0
→ [92933f4c] ProgressMeter v0.5.5
→ [438e738f] PyCall v1.16.1+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaPy/PyCall.jl.git]
→ [295af30f] Revise v0.3.0+ #master [https://github.com/timholy/Revise.jl.git]
→ [0aa819cd] SQLite v0.5.0
→ [2913bbd2] StatsBase v0.23.0
→ [4c63d2b9] StatsFuns v0.6.0+ #master [https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsFuns.jl.git]
  [9a3f8284] Random
┌ Warning: Some packages (indicated with a red arrow) are not downloaded, use `instantiate` to instantiate the current environment
└ @ Pkg.Display Display.jl:182

(Julia) pkg> instantiate
ERROR: AssertionError: haskey(hashes, uuid)
Stacktrace:
 [1] version_data!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:346
 [2] #instantiate#52(::Nothing, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\b
uild\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:514
 [3] (::getfield(Pkg.API, Symbol("#kw##instantiate")))(::NamedTuple{(:manifest,),Tuple{Nothing}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.instantiate), ::Pkg.Types.Context) at .\<missing>:0
 [4] do_instantiate!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker
\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:776
 [5] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:670 [inlined]
 [6] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:669 [inlined]
 [7] do_cmd!(::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package
_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:275
 [8] #do_cmd#8(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:235
 [9] do_cmd at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:232 [inlined]
 [10] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol("##27#30")){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\bui
ldbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:950
 [11] top-level scope

```

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/2 "2018-06-16T03:24:38Z")

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I think the new package manager is mainly for working with independent projects. You should copy the whole project to your new computer, `cd` to the project folder, and run `instantiate`. Every project can be treated as a single isolated environment, like a .sln solution file or .xxxxproj project file in other language/IDEs. It’s not necessary to use `registries` for local projects.

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**Author:** ![bernhard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bernhard/32/2619_2.png) [@bernhard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bernhard)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/3 "2018-06-16T05:23:17Z")

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Thank you. I can do that.  
Still my installation seems broken, even with a new project.toml I get an error (see below)  
Any ideas?

```julia
julia> pwd()
"C:\\temp"

(v0.7) pkg> init
Initialized project at C:\temp\Project.toml

(temp) pkg> add Revise
ERROR: The following package names could not be resolved:
 * Revise (not found in project, manifest or registry)
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

(temp) pkg>

```

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**Author:** ![Gnimuc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gnimuc/32/2194_2.png) [@Gnimuc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gnimuc)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/4 "2018-06-16T06:35:49Z")

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I cannot reproduce your issue on my machine with a clean package environment:

```julia
# start julia with a clean package environment
➜ temp JULIA_DEPOT_PATH=/Users/gnimuc/test julia
# in julia:
julia> pwd()
"/Users/gnimuc/temp"
(v0.7) pkg> init
Initialized project at /Users/gnimuc/temp/Project.toml

(temp) pkg> add Revise
   Cloning default registries into /Users/gnimuc/test/registries
   Cloning registry Uncurated from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git"
  Updating registry at `~/test/registries/Uncurated`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git`
 Resolving package versions...
Downloaded Compat ───────── v0.68.0
Downloaded DataStructures ─ v0.8.3
Downloaded Revise ───────── v0.4.2
  Updating `Project.toml`
  [295af30f] + Revise v0.4.2
  Updating `Manifest.toml`

```

I’m not sure whether this is a Windows issue or not, but I guess you could clean up `.julia\` folder and see what’s going on.

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/5 "2018-06-16T10:05:15Z")

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Delete the `.julia/registries` folder and try again.

We will have to detect this case better.

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**Author:** ![bernhard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bernhard/32/2619_2.png) [@bernhard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bernhard)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/6 "2018-06-16T12:36:13Z")

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thank you.

I still get an error. Unfortunately I have almost no knowledge about git. Maybe the server fingerprint ist not stored/trusted (see below)

```julia
(v0.7) pkg> instantiate
   Cloning default registries into C:\Users\bernhard.konig\.julia\registries
   Cloning registry Uncurated from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git"
ERROR: GitError(Code:ECERTIFICATE, Class:Net, unknown certificate check failure)
Stacktrace:
 [1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:80 [inlined]
 [2] #chmod#16(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::UInt16) at .\file.jl:813
 [3] chmod at .\file.jl:812 [inlined]
 [4] #rm#9(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String) at .\file.jl:250
 [5] #rm at .\<missing>:0 [inlined]
 [6] #clone#2(::String, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,LibGit2.CachedCredentials,Tuple{Symbol},NamedTuple{(:credentials,),Tuple{LibGit2.CachedCredentials}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::String)
n\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:72
 [7] #registries#32(::Bool, ::Function) at .\<missing>:0
 [8] registries at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1015 [inlined]
 [9] update_registry(::Pkg.Types.Context) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:70
 [10] #instantiate#52(::Nothing, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\pac
build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:491
 [11] (::getfield(Pkg.API, Symbol("#kw##instantiate")))(::NamedTuple{(:manifest,),Tuple{Nothing}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.instantiate), ::Pkg.Types.Context) at .\<missing>:0
 [12] do_instantiate!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\bui
r\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:776
 [13] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:670 [inlined]
 [14] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:669 [inlined]
 [15] do_cmd!(::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\wo
e_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:275
 [16] #do_cmd#8(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:235
 [17] do_cmd at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:232 [inlined]
 [18] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol("##27#30")){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at C:\cygwin\home\Admini
ldbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:950
 [19] top-level scope

```

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/7 "2018-06-16T12:40:16Z")

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I did a manual git clone of the registry (with tortoise git). This worked fine (and I did not need to ‘accept any ssh key’).

this brings me slightly further, but it is still not working.

Does julia come with git?  
In my case, I think I first installed Tortoise Git, then Julia, then Git itself.

```julia
(v0.7) pkg> instantiate
  Updating registry at `C:\Users\bernhard.konig\.julia\registries\Uncurated`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git`
┌ Warning: Some registries failed to update:
│ - C:\Users\bernhard.konig\.julia\registries\Uncurated - failed to fetch from repo
└ @ Pkg.API API.jl:116
   Cloning git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsFuns.jl.git`
ERROR: GitError(Code:ECERTIFICATE, Class:Net, unknown certificate check failure)
Stacktrace:
 [1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:80 [inlined]
 [2] #chmod#16(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::UInt16) at .\file.jl:813
 [3] chmod at .\file.jl:812 [inlined]
 [4] #rm#9(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String) at .\file.jl:250
 [5] #rm at .\<missing>:0 [inlined]
 [6] #clone#2(::Nothing, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,Any,Tuple{Symbol,Symbol},NamedTuple{(:isbare, :credentials),Tuple{Bool,LibGit2.CachedCredentials}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::String) at C:\cygwin
\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:72
 [7] #handle_repos_add!#16(::Bool, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at .\<missing>:0
 [8] #handle_repos_add! at .\<missing>:0 [inlined]
 [9] #instantiate#52(::Nothing, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\b
uild\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:519
 [10] (::getfield(Pkg.API, Symbol("#kw##instantiate")))(::NamedTuple{(:manifest,),Tuple{Nothing}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.instantiate), ::Pkg.Types.Context) at .\<missing>:0
 [11] do_instantiate!(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worke
r\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:776
 [12] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:670 [inlined]
 [13] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:669 [inlined]
 [14] do_cmd!(::Array{Union{Pkg.Types.VersionRange, String, Pkg.REPLMode.Command, Pkg.REPLMode.Option, Pkg.REPLMode.Rev},1}, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\packag
e_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:275
 [15] #do_cmd#8(::Bool, ::Function, ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:235
 [16] do_cmd at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:232 [inlined]
 [17] (::getfield(Pkg.REPLMode, Symbol("##27#30")){REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\bui
ldbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v0.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:950
 [18] top-level scope

```

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/8 "2018-06-16T12:42:50Z")

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Ok.  
Eventually Google and this easy fix solved my issue [Update to enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 as default secure protocols in WinHTTP in Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3140245/update-to-enable-tls-1-1-and-tls-1-2-as-a-default-secure-protocols-in)

see also [Errors for Git / Pkg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/errors-for-git-pkg/9351)

thank you all.

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-instantiate-fails/11709/9 "2019-04-30T09:37:40Z")

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Worked for me on Windows 10, thanks for a clue!