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**adityaTomar** · July 7, 2024, 5:25pm

Anyone using Sublime Text 4169 having this issue
I am using windows 11 and this worked for me

Open Sublime Text .
Go To Preferences > Browse Package
Get inside the user folder

Here you need to open the Preferences.sublime-settings
There you will find the Package control mentioned in ignored_packages just remove that

Restart sublime text .
Press Ctrl + Shift + P
Type Install Package and you will see the option in the menu

Hope it works for you

**bschaaf** · July 8, 2024, 12:23am

You can also just edit the settings by going to Preferences > Settings.

**tishihtzu** · July 9, 2024, 8:43pm

Not sure if I should be posting here or create a new post… so forgive me please.

I have removed and re-installed Sublime Text. I have also removed the ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text folder

Using Build 4169 on macOS v14.5.

The following command: Tools >> Install Package Manager... places the Package Control.sublime-package file in the Installed Packages folder. The Packages/User folder is empty.

Trying to follow the instructions for manual installation I select Sublime Text >> Settings... >> Browse Packages ... and it opens the Packages/User folder which is empty.

I even tried to copy the Package Control.sublime-package to the Packages/User folder; however, that doesn’t appear to work either.

Files

~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text:
	Installed Packages
		Package Control.sublime-package
	Lib
	Local
	Log
	Packages
		User

**dhbn** · July 8, 2024, 8:12pm

Today I had the problem that I installed Sublime Text 4 Dev on MacOs new and couldn’t get Package Control installed and run in the mentioned issue here from the thread. And I guess the problem will hit every MacOs user and a clean solution or warning from within ST is not in sight.

I also read the github issue and the last comment by @deathaxe that explained the problem with the signing issue. Is there no other way to maybe warn MacOs users that that might happen?

The current topic title doesn’t fit my issue because it was a new install of Sublime Text and Package Control doesn’t show up in the command palette after installing it via command palette because it can’t succesfully be loaded. Therefore I didn’t checked this topic out because I couldn’t run the installed package control. Maybe add to the title something like package control issues (not running, not installing, not upgrading) on MacOs.

Another issue was that I’ve been using ST on my Mac for the last years without noticing that package control has stopped working. Because I didn’t try to install new packages and the auto upgrade worked before in the background. Only recently I wanted to install a new package “EnhancedSnippets” by @OdatNurd and there I’ve found out the hard way that my package control was broken and all my packages are multiple years old and weren’t upgraded at all. That’s also somewhat unfortunate.

**tishihtzu** · July 17, 2024, 2:20am

Update : I deleted and reinstalled and it worked.

**chungxa** · September 5, 2024, 1:43pm

What did you actually delete and reinstall? Can you give more details of your steps?

**phx8** · November 1, 2024, 10:06pm

Open the Sublime console
You will probably see an error similar to: Package Control.package_control.deps.oscrypto._ffi.FFIEngineError: Error initializing ctypes + path to the folder with Package Control
Delete the Package Control.sublime-package file
Download the latest release of Package Control from its GitHub Releases page.
Rename the downloaded file to Package Control.sublime-package .
Place this file in the Installed Packages directory of Sublime Text.
Restart Sublime Text to apply the changes.

**deathaxe** · November 2, 2024, 6:49pm

A more convinient way is described in the Github Repo’s README

Open Console

Paste and run the following python snippet to download latest release

from urllib.request import urlretrieve;urlretrieve(url="https://github.com/wbond/package_control/releases/latest/download/Package.Control.sublime-package", filename=sublime.installed_packages_path() + '/Package Control.sublime-package')

**tishihtzu** · December 5, 2024, 2:25pm

I removed ST and re-installed.

**ArthurZ** · May 26, 2025, 1:54am

Thank you @adityaTomar it helped. The ignore was only in the User file. I do not understand how Package Control became ignored at all.

**AnhTran** · February 20, 2026, 1:41pm

Tell me again why we need to pay $99 for this? Unfortunately, I’ve already paid the license. Been with Sublime since v2, now v4. Last release my computer literally lagged by typing (what kind of text editor does this btw?) If typing is that lag, I might as well get a 586 computer.

Also, can’t install Package Control on Mac. Already place Package Control.sublime-package in Installed Packages. Don’t have root privilege. What is the solution?

**aborel** · February 21, 2026, 5:44am

Did you rename the file after downloading it? It needs to be precisely Package Control.sublime-package (with a space) and not Package.Control.sublime-package as Github will distribute it.

**deathaxe** · February 27, 2026, 3:39pm

All recently reported editing lags, especially on M-Platforms have turned out to be caused by opengl driver bugs. So its Apple to blame.

**chandra576** · April 15, 2026, 5:11am

I installed Package Control in Sublime Text 4 but “Install Package” isn’t showing in the menu.

**lmbxda** · April 15, 2026, 5:53am

So it’s not just a setup mistake?

**chandra576** · April 15, 2026, 5:54am

No, many users reported the same issue, and one fix is installing the newer Package Control 4.0 beta instead of downgrading system libraries.

**bschaaf** · April 15, 2026, 6:47am

This issue will be fixed in upcoming versions of Sublime Text.

**MarkoFlow** · May 27, 2026, 11:51pm

Helpful clarification. It seems better to update Package Control properly rather than trying risky system-level workarounds.

**TAIFUN** · October 9, 2026, 6:10pm

The issue is caused by an outdated version of Package Control that is incompatible with the newer Python version bundled with Sublime Text 4.

Sublime Text 4215 uses Python 3.14, which introduced changes that cause older versions of Package Control and some third-party packages to fail. For example, the old Package Control code uses a regular expression that Python 3.14 no longer accepts.

Updating Package Control to the latest version should resolve this particular issue. However, other outdated plugins may still need to be updated or replaced to ensure compatibility with Python 3.14.

How to update Package Control in Sublime Text:

Close Sublime Text.
Back up the following file:
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Installed Packages/Package Control.sublime-package
Open Sublime Text, go to View → Show Console , and copy/paste the following command:
from urllib.request import urlretrieve; urlretrieve(url="https://download.sublimetext.com/Package%20Control.sublime-package", filename=sublime.installed_packages_path() + '/Package Control.sublime-package')
Press Enter .
Quit Sublime Text ( ⌘Q ).
Restart Sublime Text.
Check Package Control.

**deathaxe** · October 28, 2026, 7:28pm

Package Control Installer of Sublime Text 4205+ downloads a working Package Control 4 release directly from sublimehq’s servers.

In case of troubles, manually remove out-dated Package Control and restart ST for the installer menu entry to become visible again.

SublimeText 4 Install Package not showing the menu