# Problems fetching "Registry General" package from github

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-fetching-registry-general-package-from-github/58639>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Tags:** juno, installation\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-fetching-registry-general-package-from-github/58639 "2021-04-05T19:12:35Z")\
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Hello,  
I am totally new to the language, the Juno editor and the Atom environment. Good start, boy! 😄  
The REPL in Atom/Juno fails to install packages from the first time it is started.  
In particular I get an error message at a very early step, about 33% of the fetching done.  
I tried as well to install the Atom package in the Julia REPL itself (no Atom or Juno environment) using the following commands:  
using Pkg  
Pkg.add(“Atom”)  
and it fails in exactly the same way.  
I tried as well:  
Pkg.Registry.add(“General”)  
In all three cases I get exactly the same error:  
Cloning registry from “[GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)”  
ERROR: failed to clone from [GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git), error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to read data: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response

I found similar problems reported elsewhere, but none looked **exactly** like this one, with a fetching process consistently aborted midway and for a package that looks quite basic, considering the full Atom one.

Any ideas?

Note: Julia version is 1.6.0, Juno (uber-juno) version is 0.3.0, Atom version is 1.55.0

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Hi, it would be helpful if you could quote program input and output and post quoted test rather than screenshots.

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Hi Stephan (@StefanKarpinski),  
there is no much program input as I am just trying to add the Atom package from a fresh REPL session:  
using Pkg  
Pkg.add(“Atom”)

and the output from REPL is:

Installing known registries into `C:\Users\jquir\.julia`  
Cloning registry from “[GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)”  
ERROR: failed to clone from [GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git), error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to read data: The connection with the server was terminated abnormally  
)  
Stacktrace:  
[1] pkgerror(msg::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:55  
[2] clone(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, url::String, source\_path::String; header::String, credentials::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.GitTools C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:119  
[3] (::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec})(tmp::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1027  
[4] mktempdir(fn::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, parent::String; prefix::String)  
@ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:729  
[5] mktempdir (repeats 2 times)  
@ .\file.jl:727 [inlined]  
[6] clone\_or\_cp\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, regs::Vector{Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, depot::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1006  
[7] clone\_or\_cp\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:999 [inlined]  
[8] clone\_default\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; only\_if\_empty::Bool)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:899  
[9] clone\_default\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:887 [inlined]  
[10] find\_registered!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, names::Vector{String}, uuids::Vector{Base.UUID})  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1270  
[11] registry\_resolve!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:793  
[12] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:184  
[13] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:148 [inlined]  
[14] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:73  
[15] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:72 [inlined]  
[16] #add#21  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:70 [inlined]  
[17] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:70 [inlined]  
[18] #add#20  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]  
[19] add(pkg::String)  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:69  
[20] top-level scope  
@ REPL[2]:1  
caused by: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to read data: The connection with the server was terminated abnormally  
)

Stacktrace:  
[1] macro expansion  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\error.jl:110 [inlined]  
[2] clone(repo\_url::SubString{String}, repo\_path::String, clone\_opts::LibGit2.CloneOptions)  
@ LibGit2 C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\repository.jl:459  
[3] clone(repo\_url::SubString{String}, repo\_path::String; branch::String, isbare::Bool, remote\_cb::Ptr{Nothing}, credentials::LibGit2.CachedCredentials, callbacks::Dict{Symbol, Tuple{Ptr{Nothing}, Any}})  
@ LibGit2 C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\LibGit2.jl:583  
[4] clone(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, url::String, source\_path::String; header::String, credentials::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.GitTools C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:109  
[5] (::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec})(tmp::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1027  
[6] mktempdir(fn::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, parent::String; prefix::String)  
@ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:729  
[7] mktempdir (repeats 2 times)  
@ .\file.jl:727 [inlined]  
[8] clone\_or\_cp\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, regs::Vector{Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, depot::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1006  
[9] clone\_or\_cp\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:999 [inlined]  
[10] clone\_default\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; only\_if\_empty::Bool)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:899  
[11] clone\_default\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:887 [inlined]  
[12] find\_registered!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, names::Vector{String}, uuids::Vector{Base.UUID})  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1270  
[13] registry\_resolve!(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:793  
[14] add(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; preserve::Pkg.Types.PreserveLevel, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:184  
[15] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:148 [inlined]  
[16] add(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:73  
[17] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:72 [inlined]  
[18] #add#21  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:70 [inlined]  
[19] add  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:70 [inlined]  
[20] #add#20  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]  
[21] add(pkg::String)  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:69  
[22] top-level scope  
@ REPL[2]:1

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I have this exact same problem!  
Fresh PC, fresh Julia 1.6.1 installation

Activating new environment at `C:\Users\eexsl40\Desktop\Code\Project.toml`  
Installing known registries into `C:\Users\eexsl40\.julia`  
Cloning registry from “[GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)”  
ERROR: LoadError: failed to clone from [GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git), error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to read data: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response  
)  
Stacktrace:  
[1] pkgerror(msg::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:55  
[2] clone(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, url::String, source\_path::String; header::String, credentials::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.GitTools C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:119  
[3] (::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec})(tmp::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1031  
[4] mktempdir(fn::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, parent::String; prefix::String)  
@ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:729  
[5] mktempdir (repeats 2 times)  
@ .\file.jl:727 [inlined]  
[6] clone\_or\_cp\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, regs::Vector{Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, depot::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1010  
[7] clone\_or\_cp\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1003 [inlined]  
[8] clone\_default\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; only\_if\_empty::Bool)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:903  
[9] clone\_default\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:891 [inlined]  
[10] up(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; level::Pkg.Types.UpgradeLevel, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, update\_registry::Bool, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:241  
[11] #up#41  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:83 [inlined]  
[12] instantiate(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; manifest::Nothing, update\_registry::Bool, verbose::Bool, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, allow\_autoprecomp::Bool, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1319  
[13] instantiate  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1304 [inlined]  
[14] instantiate(; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1300  
[15] instantiate()  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1300  
[16] top-level scope  
@ C:\Users\eexsl40\Desktop\Code\main.jl:10  
in expression starting at C:\Users\eexsl40\Desktop\Code\main.jl:10

caused by: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to read data: The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response  
)  
Stacktrace:  
[1] macro expansion  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\error.jl:110 [inlined]  
[2] clone(repo\_url::SubString{String}, repo\_path::String, clone\_opts::LibGit2.CloneOptions)  
@ LibGit2 C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\repository.jl:459  
[3] clone(repo\_url::SubString{String}, repo\_path::String; branch::String, isbare::Bool, remote\_cb::Ptr{Nothing}, credentials::LibGit2.CachedCredentials, callbacks::Dict{Symbol, Tuple{Ptr{Nothing}, Any}})  
@ LibGit2 C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\LibGit2\src\LibGit2.jl:583  
[4] clone(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, url::String, source\_path::String; header::String, credentials::Nothing, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.GitTools C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:109  
[5] (::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec})(tmp::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1031  
[6] mktempdir(fn::Pkg.Types.var"#81#84"{Pkg.Types.Context, String, Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, parent::String; prefix::String)  
@ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:729  
[7] mktempdir (repeats 2 times)  
@ .\file.jl:727 [inlined]  
[8] clone\_or\_cp\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, regs::Vector{Pkg.Types.RegistrySpec}, depot::String)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1010  
[9] clone\_or\_cp\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:1003 [inlined]  
[10] clone\_default\_registries(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; only\_if\_empty::Bool)  
@ Pkg.Types C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:903  
[11] clone\_default\_registries  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\Types.jl:891 [inlined]  
[12] up(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; level::Pkg.Types.UpgradeLevel, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, update\_registry::Bool, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:241  
[13] #up#41  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:83 [inlined]  
[14] instantiate(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; manifest::Nothing, update\_registry::Bool, verbose::Bool, platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, allow\_autoprecomp::Bool, kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1319  
[15] instantiate  
@ C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1304 [inlined]  
[16] instantiate(; kwargs::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{}, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1300  
[17] instantiate()  
@ Pkg.API C:\buildbot\worker\package\_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.6\Pkg\src\API.jl:1300  
[18] top-level scope  
@ C:\Users\eexsl40\Desktop\Code\main.jl:10

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In my case, it seems this is a network issue.  
I tried running git separately and I got network unreachable error.

```julia
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Network is unreachable
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

```

I changed network e.g. Hotspot mobile data, and everything runs fine.  
I moved houses with a Virgin Media wireless network, and that seemed to be the problem.

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-fetching-registry-general-package-from-github/58639/8 "2021-07-08T08:42:11Z")

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Seems very likely that you are behind a firewall that blocks `github.com` and maybe intercepts https requests and sends some bogus reply instead of the actual server response. You could try the [latest beta release of Julia 1.7](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-beta2-is-now-available/63408) which may improve this by not using git for getting registry updates. You’ll probably want to clear our your `~/.julia/registries` directory when you try that.