# Trouble importing Dataset from MLDataset using VScode

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-importing-dataset-from-mldataset-using-vscode/123585>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [December 8, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-importing-dataset-from-mldataset-using-vscode/123585 "2024-12-08T09:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhay\_Chandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abhay_chandra/32/214007_2.png) [@Abhay\_Chandra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abhay_Chandra)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-importing-dataset-from-mldataset-using-vscode/123585/1 "2024-12-08T09:58:53Z")

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I am trying to use the CIFAR10 Dataset using the MLDataset pakage of Julia, but I confirm for confirmation to download, the REPL gets stuck(i guess), and via VS code notifications I just see  
this (attached below)

 ![Screenshot 2024-12-08 at 3.27.36 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/0/906643b7bd175d8d199332b04bf96f204572f52d.png)

what could be the source for it taking such a long time , 45 mins till now,? Is it related to setup of julia in vscode , or something else?  
Thank you for the help

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**Author:** ![eldee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-importing-dataset-from-mldataset-using-vscode/123585/2 "2024-12-10T17:57:59Z")

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Hi, and welcome to the Julia community!

I tested downloading CIFAR10 from within VS Code and encountered no issues. There was no output until everything finished, at which point I got

```julia-repl
7-Zip 21.07 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26

Extracting archive:
--
Path =
Type = tar
Code Page = UTF-8
Characteristics = ASCII

Everything is Ok

Folders: 1
Files: 8
Size: 184380149
Compressed: 9216
dataset CIFAR10:
  metadata => Dict{String, Any} with 2 entries
  split => :train
  features => 32×32×3×50000 Array{Float32, 4}
  targets => 50000-element Vector{Int64}

```

Some questions:

- Can you post some more info about your system? I.e. what is your `versioninfo`, the version of MLDatasets.jl (via `] status`), the version of VS Code and the Julia plugin, your OS, …?
- Do you get the same problems when you work in a non-VS code terminal?
- Have you tried different download directories (`CIFAR10(dir=...)`)?
- If you monitor your network traffic, is it downloading?
  - (For me the download speed was around 1 MB/s.)

- Are you able to download the data directly ([https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-10-binary.tar.gz](https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-10-binary.tar.gz))?