I think we should explicitly catch this. I opened an issue <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8771> regarding this.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Markus Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > Just installed git via > > sudo apt-get install git-core > After that I was able to install PyPlot. Thank you very much! Maybe it is > worth putting a note on git to your webiste (just for the less sophisticated > users as I am ;)) > > > Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014 19:53:18 UTC+2 schrieb Stefan Karpinski: >> >> Does git exist? >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Markus Roth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5KCNLVgLr-c/VEftxqSt4cI/AAAAAAAAADk/gaj_ZhVH4qs/s1600/jl2.jpg> >>> Just tried your suggestion. Got another, probably similar, error message >>> (see attached). >>> >>> >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014 19:28:44 UTC+2 schrieb Jake Bolewski: >>> >>>> run Pkg.init() first if the metadata does not exist. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:20:42 PM UTC-4, Markus Roth wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey advanced julia users, >>>>> >>>>> I am new to the julia programming language and just started to learn >>>>> it. I just set up a new Linux Mint installation and installed julia by >>>>> adding the ubuntu repository as suggested on the website. As a first step >>>>> I >>>>> wanted to install PyPlot by typing "Pkg.add("PyPlot")". I get an error >>>>> message (see attached file). Can you help me with my problem because I am >>>>> really interested in learning the language. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Markus >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DibYx6wzpZM/VEfm-rfl3CI/AAAAAAAAADU/dMVb9vLUnys/s1600/jl.jpg> >>>>> >>>> >>
