Right. Don't do Pkg.clone. Remove the package from .trash then try Pkg.add
again. If you're still getting a "unknown package Zlib" error you might
need to try deleting your entire .julia directory and re-doing Pkg.init();
Pkg.update(); Pkg.add("Zlib")
On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:28:33 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>
> Here is the error message for Pkg.clone() after I delete the Zlib
> package at joinpath(Pkg.dir(),".trash","Zlib").
>
> julia> Pkg.clone("https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git";)
> INFO: Cloning Zlib from https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git
> INFO: Computing changes...
> WARNING: Zlib is fixed at 0.0.0- conflicting with requirement for WinRPM:
> [0.1.4,∞)
> INFO: No packages to install, update or remove
>
> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:25:14 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>
>> Oh I see what you mean by delete the package at .trash.
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:22:33 PM UTC-4, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>
>>> I have tried Pkg.update(). Besides, I have used Pkg.rm() before using
>>> Pkg.clone(). Is this correct?
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:18:40 PM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Have you done Pkg.init() and Pkg.update() ?
>>>>
>>>> If you tried using Pkg.clone at any point, you may need to remove the
>>>> copy of Zlib that is now at joinpath(Pkg.dir(),".trash","Zlib")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:12:33 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Tony,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the full error message.
>>>>>
>>>>> julia> Pkg.add("Zlib")
>>>>> ERROR: unknown package Zlib
>>>>> in wait at task.jl:51
>>>>> in sync_end at task.jl:311
>>>>> in add at pkg/entry.jl:319
>>>>> in add at pkg/entry.jl:71
>>>>> in anonymous at pkg/dir.jl:28
>>>>> in cd at file.jl:30
>>>>> in cd at pkg/dir.jl:28
>>>>> in add at pkg.jl:20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:34:05 PM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the full error message when you try Pkg.add("Zlib") ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 1:57:21 PM UTC-7, Yifei Ni wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am now confronting a problem of adding the package Zlib when I try
>>>>>>> to add the package GSL. The Pkg.add() cannot find Zlib and Pkg.clone("
>>>>>>> https://github.com/dcjones/Zlib.jl.git";) fixed the version of Zlib
>>>>>>> at 0.0.0- which is in conflict with requirement of WinRPM, which is
>>>>>>> [0.1.4,inf). Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Yifei
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
