# My computer cant find "https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package\_index.json"

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**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/my-computer-cant-find-https-downloads-arduino-cc-packages-package-index-json/42464 "2021-07-21T17:29:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/my-computer-cant-find-https-downloads-arduino-cc-packages-package-index-json/42464/3 "2023-05-16T03:23:53Z")

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Is this still the case 2 years later? I’m using Arduino IDE 1.8.19 on Mac OS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) and trying to install the Apollo3 boards definition results in:

Error downloading [https://cdn.sparkfun.com/large/gcc-a … ac.tar.bz2](https://csn.sparkfun.com/large/gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2018-q4-major-mac.tar.bz2)

However, if I point my web browser at that URL it does indeed download a 106MB bzip file.

Anyone know what’s going on there?

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