# Printed text during package installing/updates
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071 "2021-04-12T07:21:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/1 "2021-04-12T07:21:04Z")
I have noticed after updating to 1.6.0 that I sometimes get something like the following printed during package-installation/updating:
```julia
Updating registry at `C:\Users\densb\.julia\registries\General`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
Updating `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
[916415d5] + Images v0.23.3
Updating `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
```
I believe that this occurs during the little dance to figure out package compatibility, and which latest version of each package results in a compatible set. As a user, however, it does appear as if the installation process is stuck.
Are there better ways to print this?
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/2 "2021-04-12T07:34:44Z")
Even after having run the installation once, so that I know that all packages fresh and up to date, i got stuck in this dance for quite a few rounds when running again:
```julia
Updating registry at `C:\Users\densb\.julia\registries\General`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
Resolving package versions...
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Project.toml`
No Changes to `C:\Users\densb\.julia\environments\v1.6\Manifest.toml`
```
Not the most user-friendly output.
For completeness, the installation commands that triggered this are:
```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.add.(["Pluto", "PlutoUI", "CairoMakie", "XLSX", "Images", "FileIO", "DataFrames", "PackageCompiler"])
```
---
### Author:  [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/3 "2021-04-12T07:52:56Z")
You broadcast `Pkg.add` over the vector so you call `Pkg.add` over and over again, and every call generate that output.
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/4 "2021-04-12T08:02:10Z")
That makes a lot of sense! So the solution is simply to not broadcast, because the function can take a vector of string directly?
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### Author:  [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/5 "2021-04-12T08:02:22Z")
Yes.
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### Author:  [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printed-text-during-package-installing-updates/59071/6 "2021-04-12T10:04:31Z")
It seems obvious when looking seeting a method of Pkg.add for a vector of strings. I feel like at some point I found it to be nessecary, but I must have misunderstood something back then. In any case, thanks for the quick and clear reply!