Julia is just using the git program, so the problem here must be with git connecting to github.com over the git protocol. Can you try doing
git clone -q -b metadata-v2 git://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl METADATA at the command line? Hopefully you can narrow it down to a failing case. On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Shubham Bhushan <[email protected]> wrote: > I am able to use git protocol there's no problem with that, git works out > of the box. However somehow julia can't connect to github. I added julia > from the ppa . > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You are most likely behind a firewall. Can you clone packages from github >> manually using the git protocol? Can you telnet to github.com on >> port 9418? >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Shubham Bhushan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> please help I can't add any packages I really really want to use julia >>> but i can't and the mailing list is terrible. But still I am hoping someone >>> will help. >>> so here's what I am getting >>> julia> Pkg.init() >>> INFO: Initializing package repository /home/shubham/.julia/v0.2 >>> INFO: Cloning METADATA from git://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl >>> fatal: unable to connect to github.com: >>> github.com[0: 192.30.252.131]: errno=Connection timed out >>> >>> ERROR: failed process: Process(`git clone -q -b metadata-v2 git:// >>> github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl METADATA`, ProcessExited(128)) [128] >>> in pipeline_error at process.jl:476 >>> in run at process.jl:453 >>> in anonymous at no file:43 >>> in cd at file.jl:22 >>> in init at pkg/dir.jl:41 >>> in init at pkg.jl:15 >>> >>> >>> please help. >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > http://about.me/shubham.bhushan >
