Issue adding ZMQ via Pkg.add on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS on Windows 10 using WSL

[JKRT]

I use Julia Version 1.1.1 (2019-05-16)
on lsb_release -a:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

Using WSL on Windows 10.

Currently when I try to add ZMQ I get

(v1.1) pkg> add ZMQ Updating registry at /.julia/registries/General┌ Warning: Some registries failed to update: │ —/.julia/registries/General` — registry dirty
└ @ Pkg.Types ~/Tools/julia/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.1/Pkg/src/Types.jl:1269
Resolving package versions...
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package ZMQ [c2297ded]:
ZMQ [c2297ded] log:
├─ZMQ [c2297ded] has no known versions!
└─restricted to versions * by an explicit requirement — no versions left

(v1.1) pkg>`

I have tried to follow the instructions given in #69 but it did not resolve my issue.

Any input would be very appreciated 👍

[JKRT]

I have attempted to do what was described in the following tickets:
JuliaPackaging/BinDeps.jl#122
#191
I then issued the following commands:

> sudo apt get install ca-certificates
> cacert=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt 
> Restart 
> sudo apt get update && sudo apt get upgrade 
> Run WSL as administrator 

Still no sucess

[JKRT]

I got it working via an interactive root session
> sudo -i
Still why this is the case I do not know, I should not need to be root to install the package, is there any fix for this?

It also seems to be the case that sudo -s does not work

[JKRT]

I seem to have resolve my issue. The issue seems to be installing Julia before having a certificate. What worked for me was removing my .julia file from my $HOME.

Then recreating it once I had added a certificate..

Maybe this resolves somebodys headaches

Best regards

John