# Problem adding LinearAlgebra

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-adding-linearalgebra/21867>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-adding-linearalgebra/21867 "2019-03-14T13:55:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ibabeo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ibabeo/32/9788_2.png) [@ibabeo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ibabeo)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-adding-linearalgebra/21867/1 "2019-03-14T13:55:06Z")

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**Hi I got the same problem when I tried to pkg add LinerAlgebra**

import Pkg  
Pkg.add(“LinerAlgebra”)  
Updating registry at `C:\Users\bj\.julia\registries\General`  
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`  
Fetching: [========================================\>] 100.0 %.0 %.6 %.4 % ] 19.6 %\> ] 23.7 % [=============\>] 32.0 % % [==================\>] 42.8 %Fetching: [==================\>] 44.8 % [====================\>] 48.5 %] 52.6 % ] 54.6 %\> ] 67.0 %70.1 % %86.1 %Fetching: [=====================================\>] 92.3 %========================================\>] 98.5 %  
The following package names could not be resolved:

- LinerAlgebra (not found in project, manifest or registry)  
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

Stacktrace:  
[1] pkgerror(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:120  
[2] #ensure\_resolved#43(::Bool, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.EnvCache, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:900  
[3] #ensure\_resolved at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[4] #add\_or\_develop#13(::Symbol, ::Bool, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:59  
[5] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[6] #add\_or\_develop#12 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:29 [inlined]  
[7] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[8] #add\_or\_develop#11 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:28 [inlined]  
[9] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[10] #add\_or\_develop#10 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:27 [inlined]  
[11] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[12] #add#18 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]  
[13] add(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69  
[14] top-level scope at In[25]:2

Then I tried rm(joinpath(homedir(), “.julia”, “registries”); recursive=true)

**And it fetched a bit more but still didn’t work.**

rm(joinpath(homedir(), “.julia”, “registries”); recursive=true)

Pkg.add(“LinerAlgebra”)  
Cloning default registries into C:\Users\bj.julia\registries  
Cloning registry General from “[GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)”  
[1mFetching: [========================================\>] 99.9 %0.0 % ] 1.2 %\> ] 1.8 %8 % ] 3.4 %==\> ] 4.0 % % %Fetching: [====\>] 7.6 %2 % ] 8.8 %Fetching: [====\>] 9.4 % ] 10.2 %.1 %13.3 %.1 %\> ] 14.8 %=======\> ] 16.0 %] 16.5 %] 18.5 %] 19.5 %.7 % ] 22.4 %1 %\> ] 24.6 %Fetching: [===========\>] 25.1 % [===========\>] 26.6 %28.8 %\> ] 29.2 %\> ] 30.2 % %=============\> ] 31.1 %.3 %\> ] 32.9 %33.3 %Fetching: [==============\>] 34.7 %\> ] 35.3 %===============\> ] 35.6 %.1 %38.8 %8 % [=================\>] 40.2 %Fetching: [=================\>] 40.8 %] 41.4 %\> ] 42.6 % ] 43.5 %==================\> ] 44.4 %4 %] 46.5 %====================\> ] 48.1 %\> ] 49.5 % %=====================\> ] 50.8 %=====================\> ] 52.0 %53.3 %Fetching: [======================\>] 54.7 %55.3 %Fetching: [=======================\>] 57.1 %Fetching: [========================\>] 57.6 %Fetching: [========================\>] 60.0 % ] 60.5 %Fetching: [=========================\>] 62.4 %\> ] 63.4 %Fetching: [==========================\>] 64.8 %Fetching: [===========================\>] 66.0 %3 % ] 67.1 %.7 % [============================\>] 68.2 % ] 69.2 %7 %.3 % %Fetching: [==============================\>] 74.5 % [===============================\>] 75.6 % %] 76.9 % %3 %Fetching: [================================\>] 79.6 %Fetching: [=================================\>] 81.2 %81.8 %] 82.8 %4 %Fetching: [==================================\>] 84.0 % ] 86.0 % ] 86.5 %.7 % [====================================\>] 88.3 %====================================\> ] 88.9 %Fetching: [====================================\>] 89.7 %Fetching: [=====================================\>] 90.1 % %Fetching: [======================================\>] 92.7 %93.9 %======================================\> ] 94.6 %95.1 % ] 96.0 %] 97.4 % [========================================\>] 99.1 %99.7 %  
The following package names could not be resolved:

- LinerAlgebra (not found in project, manifest or registry)  
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

Stacktrace:  
[1] pkgerror(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:120  
[2] #ensure\_resolved#43(::Bool, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.EnvCache, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:900  
[3] #ensure\_resolved at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[4] #add\_or\_develop#13(::Symbol, ::Bool, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:59  
[5] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[6] #add\_or\_develop#12 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:29 [inlined]  
[7] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[8] #add\_or\_develop#11 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:28 [inlined]  
[9] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[10] #add\_or\_develop#10 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:27 [inlined]  
[11] #add\_or\_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]  
[12] #add#18 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]  
[13] add(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69  
[14] top-level scope at In[27]:1

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-adding-linearalgebra/21867/2 "2019-03-14T14:02:00Z")

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I’ve split this off into its own post since it’s unrelated to the other topic.

You don’t need to add LinearAlgebra to use it as it’s a standard library, but note the spelling — it’s `using LinearAlgebra` not `LinerAlgebra`.

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**Author:** ![ibabeo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ibabeo/32/9788_2.png) [@ibabeo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ibabeo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-adding-linearalgebra/21867/3 "2019-03-15T09:27:41Z")

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Hey mbauman thanks for your help. I realize the problem right after I posted it…  
I think my problem was that normally when there is no such package, then the error will return no such package then I realize something’s wrong with the package name.  
But here it was fetching… and fetching more so I never thought about the package name…

But It’s such stupid mistake. Maybe you can delete this post…