# What is pkg add doing before it says "Updating registry"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-pkg-add-doing-before-it-says-updating-registry/56983>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** pkg\
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-pkg-add-doing-before-it-says-updating-registry/56983 "2021-03-11T23:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-pkg-add-doing-before-it-says-updating-registry/56983/1 "2021-03-11T23:33:51Z")

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When I `] add SomePackage` it waits a few seconds and then says “Updating registry at”…

What is it doing during those seconds?