4 months after I started this post, and many Windows updates, the problem with curl.exe continues as of Julia version 1.3.1
julia> using Pkg
julia> Pkg.add("IJulia")
Cloning default registries into `C:\Users\aerde\.julia`
Cloning registry from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git"
Added registry `General` to `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\registries\General`
Resolving package versions...
Installed VersionParsing ββ v1.2.0
Installed SoftGlobalScope β v1.0.10
Installed ZeroMQ_jll ββββββ v4.3.1+0
Installed Parsers βββββββββ v0.3.11
Installed IJulia ββββββββββ v1.21.0
Installed ZMQ βββββββββββββ v1.2.0
Installed BinaryProvider ββ v0.5.8
Installed JSON ββββββββββββ v0.21.0
Installed Conda βββββββββββ v1.3.0
Installed MbedTLS βββββββββ v0.7.0
Updating `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\environments\v1.3\Project.toml`
[7073ff75] + IJulia v1.21.0
Updating `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\environments\v1.3\Manifest.toml`
[b99e7846] + BinaryProvider v0.5.8
[8f4d0f93] + Conda v1.3.0
[7073ff75] + IJulia v1.21.0
[682c06a0] + JSON v0.21.0
[739be429] + MbedTLS v0.7.0
[69de0a69] + Parsers v0.3.11
[b85f4697] + SoftGlobalScope v1.0.10
[81def892] + VersionParsing v1.2.0
[c2297ded] + ZMQ v1.2.0
[8f1865be] + ZeroMQ_jll v4.3.1+0
[2a0f44e3] + Base64
[ade2ca70] + Dates
[8ba89e20] + Distributed
[7b1f6079] + FileWatching
[b77e0a4c] + InteractiveUtils
[76f85450] + LibGit2
[8f399da3] + Libdl
[56ddb016] + Logging
[d6f4376e] + Markdown
[a63ad114] + Mmap
[44cfe95a] + Pkg
[de0858da] + Printf
[3fa0cd96] + REPL
[9a3f8284] + Random
[ea8e919c] + SHA
[9e88b42a] + Serialization
[6462fe0b] + Sockets
[8dfed614] + Test
[cf7118a7] + UUIDs
[4ec0a83e] + Unicode
Building Conda βββ `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\deps\build.log`
Building MbedTLS β `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\MbedTLS\a1JFn\deps\build.log`
Building IJulia ββ `C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\IJulia\fXyGm\deps\build.log`
julia> using IJulia
[ Info: Precompiling IJulia [7073ff75-c697-5162-941a-fcdaad2a7d2a]
julia> notebook()
install Jupyter via Conda, y/n? [y]: y
[ Info: Downloading miniconda installer ...
β Error: Download failed: curl: (35) schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: Unknown error (0x80092012) - La funciοΏ½n de revocaciοΏ½n no puede comprobar la revocaciοΏ½n para el certificado.
β @ Base download.jl:43
ERROR: failed process: Process(`'C:\WINDOWS\System32\curl.exe' -s -S -g -L -f -o 'C:\Users\aerde\.julia\conda\3\installer.exe' https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-4.5.4-Windows-x86_64.exe`, ProcessExited(35)) [35]
Stacktrace:
[1] pipeline_error at .\process.jl:525 [inlined]
[2] download_curl(::String, ::String, ::String) at .\download.jl:44
[3] download at .\download.jl:62 [inlined]
[4] _install_conda(::String, ::Bool) at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\src\Conda.jl:160
[5] _install_conda(::String) at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\src\Conda.jl:152
[6] runconda(::Cmd, ::String) at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\src\Conda.jl:111
[7] #add#1(::String, ::typeof(Conda.add), ::String, ::String) at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\src\Conda.jl:184
[8] add at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\Conda\kLXeC\src\Conda.jl:183 [inlined] (repeats 2 times)
[9] find_jupyter_subcommand(::String) at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\IJulia\fXyGm\src\jupyter.jl:23
[10] #notebook#8 at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\IJulia\fXyGm\src\jupyter.jl:88 [inlined]
[11] notebook() at C:\Users\aerde\.julia\packages\IJulia\fXyGm\src\jupyter.jl:87
[12] top-level scope at REPL[6]:1
caused by [exception 1]
IOError: symlink: operation not permitted (EPERM)
Stacktrace:
[1] uv_error at .\libuv.jl:97 [inlined]
[2] symlink(::String, ::String) at .\file.jl:851
[3] probe_symlink_creation(::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\PlatformEngines.jl:131
[4] #unpack#95(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.PlatformEngines.unpack), ::String, ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\PlatformEngines.jl:727
[5] #unpack at .\logging.jl:0 [inlined]
[6] #download_verify_unpack#100(::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.PlatformEngines.download_verify_unpack), ::String, ::String, ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\PlatformEngines.jl:894
[7] #download_verify_unpack at .\none:0 [inlined]
[8] #download_artifact#38(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.download_artifact), ::Base.SHA1, ::String, ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:744
[9] #download_artifact at .\none:0 [inlined]
[10] #ensure_artifact_installed#42(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_artifact_installed), ::String, ::Dict{String,Any}, ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:869
[11] (::Pkg.Artifacts.var"#kw##ensure_artifact_installed")(::NamedTuple{(:platform, :verbose),Tuple{Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows,Bool}}, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_artifact_installed), ::String, ::Dict{String,Any}, ::String) at .\none:0
[12] #ensure_all_artifacts_installed#43(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_all_artifacts_installed), ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:919
[13] #ensure_all_artifacts_installed at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:0 [inlined]
[14] #download_artifacts#78(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{String,1}) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:580
[15] #download_artifacts at .\none:0 [inlined]
[16] #download_artifacts#73(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:570
[17] (::Pkg.Operations.var"#kw##download_artifacts")(::NamedTuple{(:platform,),Tuple{Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows}}, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at .\none:0
[18] #add#112(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Array{Base.UUID,1}) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1017
[19] #add at .\none:0 [inlined]
[20] #add#25(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:102
[21] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:72
[22] #add#24 at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]
[23] add at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]
[24] #add#21 at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]
[25] add at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:67 [inlined]
[26] #add#20(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:66
[27] add(::String) at D:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:66
[28] top-level scope at REPL[3]:1
julia>
I have tried all that has been recommended to me. I know Julia pros work in Linux or Mac, but many mortals as myself work in Windows