# Updating registry takes half an hour

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300 "2022-03-22T19:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Gregstrq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gregstrq/32/20620_2.png) [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/1 "2022-03-22T19:07:54Z")

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I am running julia 1.6.2 on SMP Debian 4.9.189-3 with kernel version 4.9.0-11-amd64.

Whenever I try to add a package, updating registry takes half an hour. I have tried to delete ~/.julia/registries folder, but the update still takes half an hour.

What should I do to fix this problem?

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**Author:** ![goerch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerch/32/29122_2.png) [@goerch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/2 "2022-03-22T19:53:28Z")

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We probably need more information, so let us get the obvious questions out of the way:

- is this behind an enterprise firewall?
- do you use [local environments](https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/environments/)?
- how many packages do you have installed?
- can you check with LTS (Julia 1.6.5)?

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**Author:** ![Gregstrq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gregstrq/32/20620_2.png) [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/3 "2022-03-22T20:06:23Z")

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> [@goerch](#):
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> is this behind an enterprise firewall?

This is a workstation in university. It is possible that there is a firewall, but I am not aware of it. I should check with our admin. What firewall settings should I check for?

> [@goerch](#):
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> do you use [local environments](https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/environments/)?

Yes, I use local environments, although I tend to install all the used packages in the main environment as well.

> [@goerch](#):
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> how many packages do you have installed?

54 directly installed packages (in Project.toml)

> [@goerch](#):
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> can you check with LTS (Julia 1.6.5)

I will do it tomorrow

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/4 "2022-03-22T20:08:59Z")

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It’s worth trying julia 1.7 as well which uses a different way to get the registry.

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**Author:** ![goerch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerch/32/29122_2.png) [@goerch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/5 "2022-03-22T20:15:50Z")

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> [@Gregstrq](#):
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> This is a workstation in university. It is possible that there is a firewall, but I am not aware of it. I should check with our admin.

Looks like this is the contender for the price. All other indicators are A-OK. I’m asking these questions because we don’t see this issue normally.

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**Author:** ![Gregstrq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gregstrq/32/20620_2.png) [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/6 "2022-03-22T20:27:16Z")

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Is there an understanding which firewall properties lead to this kind of slow down?

When I think about it, it really could be the firewall. Previously, I could ssh onto my workstation from outside without problems. A couple of months ago, they’ve changed something, and now I have to use VPN. I did not pay a lot of attention to it, but I think the problems with registry update started after this VPN change.

@kristoffer.carlsson I will give 1.7 a try.

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**Author:** ![goerch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerch/32/29122_2.png) [@goerch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-takes-half-an-hour/78300/7 "2022-03-22T20:33:11Z")

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> [@Gregstrq](#):
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> Is there an understanding which firewall properties lead to this kind of slow down?

[Possible explanation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling). You may see that in your network monitor.