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