git clone fails with "gnutls_handshake() failed: Close notify" on Windows Linux Subsystem

[yunsiechung]

Upon installing RMG-Py on Windows Linux Subsystem using git clone, we ran into the following error:

(base) danielokuo@DESKTOP-AA49UEU:~/RMG$ git clone https://github.com/ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py.git
Cloning into 'RMG-Py'... fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py.git/': gnutls_handshake() failed: Close notify

We tried uninstalling and installing git-again, with
sudo apt-get remove git
sudo apt-get install git

and we still had the same error.

[yunsiechung]

If anybody runs into that issue on Windows Linux Subsystem, we recommend installing RMG using Linux Virtual Machine on your Windows.

Step 1. Follow the instruction on this link to set up a Linux Virtual Machine:
http://reactionmechanismgenerator.github.io/RMG-Py/users/rmg/installation/virtualMachineSetup.html

• You can download free virtual machine software here: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.18/VirtualBox-6.1.18-142142-Win.exe

Step 2. Once you have set up your Linux Virual Machine, install RMG on your virtual machine by following an either option:

• Option 1: Watch a tutorial video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn7eeHAYbt4&list=PLZUqt5RldKbQWR1iJalegC-VjcxItpaXF&index=2)
• Option 2: Follow the instruction here: http://reactionmechanismgenerator.github.io/RMG-Py/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.html (Installation by Source Using Anaconda Environment for Unix-based Systems: Linux and Mac OSX)