Well, if https is in fact accessible then the best bet is to troubleshoot git directly first. After configuring the `insteadOf` git setting (per the README) try something simple like `git clone https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia`. There are a lot of guides on the internet for troubleshooting this issue.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Yonatan Tekleab <[email protected]> wrote: > yea, i figured the same thing since I am on the same system using https > through my browser, but for some reason that I don't understand, Julia > won't add/update packages, even when git is configured to use https > > On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 3:04:26 PM UTC-4, Isaiah wrote: >> >> Are you using the gmail web interface from this same system? If so, then >> https:// should, in principle, be available and work for git too... >> >> On the other hand, if you are using a separate (windows) system for >> gmail, then you ought to be able to run Pkg.install/build on the second >> system, get all requirements you need, and then copy your >> "C:/Users/USERNAME/.julia/v0.#" directory onto the firewalled system. This >> is tricky/unreliable on linux, but should be quite simple on windows as >> long as both systems are same word size -- both 32-bit or 64-bit (because >> of Microsoft's ABI permanence). >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Yonatan Tekleab <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I think I'm moving in the right direction. I downloaded several packages >>> that IJulia depends on and put them in the ~/.julia/v0.3 directory along >>> with the IJulia package itself. Before I was just sticking them in the >>> ~/.julia directory, and I don't think Julia was seeing the packages. >>> >>> When trying `using IJulia`, I get "ERROR: ZMQ not properly installed. >>> Please run Pkg.build("ZMQ"). When I run that command, it tries to build >>> Homebrew, WinRPM, and ZMQ, all of which have their own errors. >>> Homebrew: "could not spawn setenv(`git rev-parse --git-dir`; >>> dir="P:\\.julia\\v0.3\\Homebrew\\deps\\usr"): no such file or directory >>> (ENOENT)" >>> WinRPM: "update not defined" >>> ZMQ: "RPM not defined" >>> >>> When I try `Pkg.build("IJulia")`, it trys to build Homebrew, WinRPM, >>> Nettle, ZMQ, and IJulia. I get errors for all except IJulia. The >>> Homebrew, WinRPM and ZMQ errors are the same. For Nettle, I get: "RPM not >>> defined" >>> >>> Now I can open an IJulia instance, but the kernel dies shortly after it >>> comes up. The command window states "ERROR: ZMQ not properly installed. >>> Please run Pkg.build("ZMQ")". Then it attempts to restart the kernel and >>> repeats the process. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:31:22 AM UTC-4, Tony Kelman wrote: >>>> >>>> Can you do `using IJulia`, and/or `Pkg.build("IJulia")` ? Note also >>>> that IJulia depends on several other packages, indicated in the REQUIRE >>>> file (and those packages may have other dependencies of their own). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 3:40:14 PM UTC-7, Yonatan Tekleab wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Stefan, >>>>> >>>>> I'm having the same problem. Unfortunately the firewall I'm behind is >>>>> clever enough prevent me from re-configuring git to use https, as many >>>>> other threads have indicated. >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded the master branch IJulia package from >>>>> https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl, extracted the folder, placed >>>>> it inside the ~/.julia folder, then removed the ".jl-master" suffix. This >>>>> still isn't working for me. When I try to open IJulia from the command >>>>> prompt ("ipython notebook --profile julia"), it pulls up the typical >>>>> IPython notebook. >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 10:16:06 AM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> If you just make sure that the package source exists in ~/.julia, >>>>>> that should do the trick. In fact, you don't need to mess around with the >>>>>> package manager at all – Pkg commands will fail but loading packages >>>>>> should >>>>>> work fine. Unfortunately, building packages with binary dependencies will >>>>>> likely fail, but if you stick with pure-Julia packages, you should be ok. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Able Mashamba <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Informed, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a way to manually install julia packages on a Windows >>>>>>> system that has a proxy.pac config system with a paranoid firewall. I >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> downloaded the packages I need and would want to install them manually >>>>>>> as >>>>>>> it appears Internet permission settings at my institution are making all >>>>>>> Pkg.*() commands fail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _ >>>>>>> _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing >>>>>>> (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org >>>>>>> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "help()" to list help topics >>>>>>> | | | | | | |/ _` | | >>>>>>> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.2.0-rc2 >>>>>>> _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Commit b372a68 2013-10-26 02:06:56 UTC >>>>>>> |__/ | i686-w64-mingw32 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> julia> Pkg.add("Distributions") >>>>>>> INFO: Initializing package repository C:\Users\amashamba\.julia >>>>>>> INFO: Cloning METADATA from git://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl >>>>>>> fatal: unable to connect to github.com: >>>>>>> github.com[0: 192.30.252.130]: errno=No error >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ERROR: failed process: Process(`git clone -q -b metadata-v2 git:// >>>>>>> github.com/Jul >>>>>>> iaLang/METADATA.jl METADATA`, ProcessExited(128)) [128] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> julia> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
