# When I add any package, PrettyTables will get stuck here and cannot be executed. I need to control+C to close it

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [November 16, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301 "2023-11-16T07:51:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![wang\_ruoxu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wang_ruoxu/32/203954_2.png) [@wang\_ruoxu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wang_ruoxu)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301/1 "2023-11-16T07:51:52Z")

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what can i do to solved it .  
Julia Version 1.9.4  
Commit 8e5136fa297 (2023-11-14 08:46 UTC)  
Build Info:  
Official [https://julialang.org/](https://julialang.org/) release  
Platform Info:  
OS: Linux (x86\_64-linux-gnu)  
CPU: 16 × Intel(R) Core™ i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz  
WORD\_SIZE: 64  
LIBM: libopenlibm  
LLVM: libLLVM-14.0.6 (ORCJIT, skylake)  
Threads: 1 on 16 virtual cores  
Environment:  
JULIA\_PKG\_SERVER = [https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/julia](https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/julia)  
JULIA\_IMAGE\_THREADS = 1

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**Author:** ![filchristou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/filchristou/32/26760_2.png) [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301/2 "2023-11-16T08:33:54Z")

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Idk what’s the root cause but usually a cocktail of `] gc, resolve ` deleting `Manifest.toml`, deleting the `~/.julia/compiled` folder helps.

Also make sure your general julia environment is not intrusively overloaded.

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**Author:** ![wang\_ruoxu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wang_ruoxu/32/203954_2.png) [@wang\_ruoxu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wang_ruoxu)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301/3 "2023-11-16T13:46:31Z")

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Thank you, ]gc solved the problem. Anyway, I installed other packages normally.

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**Author:** ![bauglir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bauglir/32/31897_2.png) [@bauglir](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bauglir)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-add-any-package-prettytables-will-get-stuck-here-and-cannot-be-executed-i-need-to-control-c-to-close-it/106301/4 "2023-11-27T10:24:14Z")

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For future reference, ronisbr/PrettyTables.jl#231 should fix the source of this issue.