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elpaca fails to access the repos. (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by paarulakan@alien.top to c/emacs@communick.news
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I am trying to install ement.el with the following config

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (use-package ement
    :elpaca (:host github :repo "alphapapa/ement.el"))
#+end_src

When the config is loaded I get the error as follows. There are no network issues.

ement [GNU-devel ELPA|GNU ELPA]
Matrix client

source: GNU-devel ELPA
url:    https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ement.html
menu item:
( :package   "ement"
  :repo      "https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el.git"
  :local-repo "ement"
  :files    
  (:defaults "*" (:exclude ".git")))
recipe:
( :package   "ement"
  :host      github
  :repo      "alphapapa/ement.el"
  :local-repo "ement"
  :files    
  (:defaults "*" (:exclude ".git"))
  :protocol  https
  :inherit   t
  :depth     nil)
dependencies: ?
dependents: ?
commit:  
statuses:
  (failed cloning reclone cloning queued)

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[–] nv-elisp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's the package info (accessed via M-x elpaca-info ). What does the log say for that package (M-x elpaca-log)?

[–] paarulakan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

just failed to access

Package Status Info Time ▼ 
ement                          failed               fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el.git/': server certificate verification failed. CAfile: none CRLfile: none 16.170102
[–] nv-elisp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

server certificate verification failed. CAfile: none CRLfile: none

So it looks like the SSL cert is not trusted for some reason. That is a networking issue. It can occur for a number of reasons. I would start by searching for the certificate error + "github". e.g.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35821245/github-server-certificate-verification-failed

[–] paarulakan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the issue. I was not even able to clone a repo via terminal. Followed the steps mentioned in the link and it now works without issue. thanks :)

Including the instruction here below for it might be useful to someone.

From stackoverflow

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Make sure first that you have certificates installed on your Debian in /etc/ssl/certs

If not, reinstall them:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ca-certificates

Since that package does not include root certificates, add:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org sudo wget -P /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt http://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt sudo update-ca-certificates

Make sure your git does reference those CA:

git config --global http.sslCAinfo /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
[–] nv-elisp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You're welcome. Glad you got it sorted.