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Unable to get packages list under regular user in Windows

#1

Hey,

I’m messing with regular user/admin separation on Windows which is I believe not a frequent case for the most of home users. Thus, I do everything under a regular local user and provide admin password for elevated requests.
The issue I stumble upon is Package Control. First, I cannot install the Package Control itself using the menu “Tools - Install Package Control…”. Nothing happens once I click it. There is nothing in ST console. Ok, I came over it by downloading the package file and placing it under user Installed Packages folder. Now I can use Ctrl+Shift+P and select “Install Package”. Then I get “There are no packages available for installation”. Console says: “Error parsing JSON from channel https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json”. However, if I run ST under admin user there is not a single problem installing both the Package Control and a package using the Package Control.
I’ve been trying to find a solution, but haven’t succeeded.
Does anybody experience the same? What is the solution to make ST Package Control work in a context of a regular user?

Thanks in advance.
Eugene

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#2

By default Sublime Text maintains all packages and settings under %APPDATA%\Sublime Text. Hence no admin privileges are requried to install Package Control or packages.

Note packagecontrol.io, the primary package registry is currently down. Thus users registered to default “channels” won’t be able to install or update any package.

Community driven channel is however up and alive.

To opt in, add the following to your Package Control.sublime-settings.

	"channels": [
		"https://packages.sublimetext.io/channel.json",
	],
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