# Strange Error at Installing Packages \`git\` failed to clone

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-error-at-installing-packages-git-failed-to-clone/63578>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** packages, git, installation\
**Created:** [June 25, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-error-at-installing-packages-git-failed-to-clone/63578 "2021-06-25T20:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-error-at-installing-packages-git-failed-to-clone/63578/8 "2021-06-26T09:38:53Z")

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I don’t know if that has anything to do with that, but a weird package problem I had once was solved with this:

> [@Package updated but not available (12 hours latter)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-updated-but-not-available-12-hours-latter/61718/11):
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> Your answer was no, so that clause doesn’t apply. To switch to a git provided registry, run Julia with the environment variable JULIA\_PKG\_SERVER set to "" (empty string) and do pkg\> registry rm General pkg\> registry add General

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