Pkg on Julia 0.3.12

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Hey, I need to use Julia package Phylonetworks, it says it’s supported for Julia versions 0.3.X and not tested on 0.4 or above, thus why I need to use the ANCIENT version (I know it’s not ideal but the package won’t install on the newer version either for some reason), this is the error I get:

Pkg.clone (“Phylonetworks”)
INFO: Initializing package repository C:\Users\lmari.julia\v0.3
INFO: Cloning METADATA from git://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl
fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
github.com[0: 20.201.28.151]: errno=No such file or directory

ERROR: failed process: Process(git clone -q -b metadata-v2 git://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl METADATA, ProcessExited(128)) [128]
** in error at error.jl:22 (repeats 2 times)**

I figured out the error is likely because it’s trying to clone METADATA from git with the git:// but that one no longer works (I believe it was taken down and now works with https:// or ssh:// only) is there any way to change that so it downloads METADATA from the correct source and can proceed to download the Phylonetworks package?

I saw there is also a way to download everything into my pc so it doesn’t have to connect with github but I’m new to Julia so I don’t know how to do that

Please please help

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Could you possibly use a newer version of the package? It appears to support up to Julia 1.7:

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If you’re referring to

that effectively means “any version in the 1.x series, from 1.1 on”, and is equivalent to just "1.1".

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Welcome to Julia! Since you are new, just to make it clear, this should be all you need to do:

  • launch julia
  • hit ] to enter pkg> mode
  • type add PhyloNetworks

Done. I tested and this works on the current Julia release.

While this is simple, it’s often better to do this for a specific project environment. To learn about this and other good practices, a good resource is https://modernjuliaworkflows.org/