Unable to install IJulia failed to clone from repository error - julia

Question

I tried
julia> using Pkg
julia> Pkg.add("IJulia")
And everytime I am getting the same error
Cloning default registries into C:\Users\Himanshu Poddar\.julia\registries
Cloning registry General from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git"
ERROR: failed to clone from https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git, error: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:OS, failed to send request: The connection with the server was terminated abnormally
)
Stacktrace:
[1] pkgerror(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:120
[2] #clone#2(::String, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Symbol,LibGit2.CachedCredentials,Tuple{Symbol},NamedTuple{(:credentials,),Tuple{LibGit2.CachedCredentials}}}, ::Function, ::String, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\GitTools.jl:107
[3] #clone at .\none:0 [inlined]
[4] (::getfield(Pkg.Types, Symbol("##51#55")))(::LibGit2.CachedCredentials) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:933
[5] shred!(::getfield(Pkg.Types, Symbol("##51#55")), ::LibGit2.CachedCredentials) at .\secretbuffer.jl:184
[6] #registries#50(::Bool, ::Function) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:929
[7] registries at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:913 [inlined]
[8] macro expansion at .\logging.jl:307 [inlined]
[9] update_registry(::Pkg.Types.Context) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:97
[10] #handle_repos_add!#32(::Bool, ::Nothing, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Types.jl:607
[11] #handle_repos_add! at .\none:0 [inlined]
[12] #add_or_develop#13(::Symbol, ::Bool, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::Function, ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:54
[13] #add_or_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]
[14] #add_or_develop#12 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:29 [inlined]
[15] #add_or_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]
[16] #add_or_develop#11 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:28 [inlined]
[17] #add_or_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]
[18] #add_or_develop#10 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:27 [inlined]
[19] #add_or_develop at .\none:0 [inlined]
[20] #add#18 at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69 [inlined]
[21] add(::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\API.jl:69
[22] top-level scope at none:0
How can I resolve this issue?

Answer 1

The problem was I guess a firewall issue. I was working on my institution wifi. And then I changed it to my personal hotspot and tried installing it again and it worked.