Installed ST3 and Package Control right away. I try to make Package Control ⇒ Install Package and get:

Package control

There are no packages available for installation

Yes, this can not be so that there are no packages for installation.

Console ST3:

 DPI scale: 1 startup, version: 3083 windows x64 channel: stable executable: /C/Program Files/Sublime Text 3/sublime_text.exe working dir: /C/Program Files/Sublime Text 3 packages path: /C/Users/Andrew/AppData/Roaming/Sublime Text 3/Packages state path: /C/Users/Andrew/AppData/Roaming/Sublime Text 3/Local zip path: /C/Program Files/Sublime Text 3/Packages zip path: /C/Users/Andrew/AppData/Roaming/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages ignored_packages: ["Vintage"] pre session restore time: 0.0931 startup time: 0.1241 first paint time: 0.1241 reloading plugin Default.block reloading plugin Default.comment reloading plugin Default.copy_path reloading plugin Default.delete_word reloading plugin Default.detect_indentation reloading plugin Default.duplicate_line reloading plugin Default.echo reloading plugin Default.exec reloading plugin Default.fold reloading plugin Default.font reloading plugin Default.goto_line reloading plugin Default.history_list reloading plugin Default.indentation reloading plugin Default.kill_ring reloading plugin Default.mark reloading plugin Default.new_templates reloading plugin Default.open_context_url reloading plugin Default.open_file_settings reloading plugin Default.open_in_browser reloading plugin Default.pane reloading plugin Default.paragraph reloading plugin Default.paste_from_history reloading plugin Default.quick_panel reloading plugin Default.save_on_focus_lost reloading plugin Default.scroll reloading plugin Default.set_unsaved_view_name reloading plugin Default.side_bar reloading plugin Default.sort reloading plugin Default.swap_line reloading plugin Default.switch_file reloading plugin Default.symbol reloading plugin Default.transform reloading plugin Default.transpose reloading plugin Default.trim_trailing_white_space reloading plugin CSS.css_completions reloading plugin Diff.diff reloading plugin HTML.encode_html_entities reloading plugin HTML.html_completions reloading plugin 0_package_control_loader.00-package_control reloading plugin Package Control.1_reloader reloading plugin Package Control.2_bootstrap reloading plugin Package Control.Package Control plugins loaded Package Control: Installing 1 missing dependency Package Control: The dependency specified, bz2, is not available Package Control: Skipping automatic upgrade, last run at 2016-01-04 17:18:36, next run at 2016-01-04 18:18:36 or after reloading Packages/User/Package Control.sublime-settings Package Control: Settings change detected, clearing cache Package Control: Fetching list of available packages Platform: windows-x64 Sublime Text Version: 3083 Package Control Version: 3.1.2 Package Control: Download Debug URL: https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json Timeout: 30 Resolved IP: 50.116.33.29 Package Control: WinINet Debug Proxy proxy: proxy bypass: proxy username: proxy password: Package Control: WinINet HTTPS Debug General Server SSL Certificate: subject: US, Massachusetts, Private Organization, 471714639, US, Massachusetts, Newbury, Codex Non Sufficit LC, codexns.io issuer: US, GeoTrust Inc., GeoTrust EV SSL CA - G4 common name: codexns.io issue date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 04:00:00 GMT expire date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 03:59:59 GMT Package Control: WinINet HTTPS Debug Write GET /channel_v3.json HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: Package Control v3.1.2 Host: packagecontrol.io Connection: Keep-Alive Cache-Control: no-cache Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate If-Modified-Since: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:20:01 GMT Package Control: WinINet HTTPS Debug Read HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified Server: nginx Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:27:35 GMT Last-Modified: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:20:01 GMT Connection: keep-alive ETag: "56893c21-5f" Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=15552000 Package Control: Using cached content for https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json from C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Package Control.cache\01524fae79697630d0454ba3fabd9414 Package Control: WinINet HTTPS Debug General Closing connection to packagecontrol.io on port 443 after 1 request

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    At the time of writing the issue, the servers that Package Control uses to upload content were under a DDoS attack. Here is the thread on GitHub , where there was a discussion on this issue - There is no packages available for installation: Package Control of Sublime Text 3 .

    If Package Control crashes, its information is posted on Twitter about https://twitter.com/package_control .

    You can also go to the Issue Tracker of this package manager: https://github.com/wbond/package_control/issues and look at new issues. In the responses of the creator of the Package Control Will Bond you will learn the details, and most importantly, when the Package Control starts functioning again. If no one opened the topic, you can do it yourself.

    A temporary solution to the problem is to open the Package Control configuration file:

    Manually

    Preferences ⇒ Package Settings ⇒ Package Control ⇒ Settings - User

    add an alternative source there:

     "channels": [ "https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json", "https://web.archive.org/web/20160410055050/https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json" ]

    With command palette

    Ctrl + Shift + P → Package Control: Add Channel → paste https://web.archive.org/web/20160410055050/https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json → Enter .

    The file channel_v3.json contains a list of all plugins and information about them, which the Package Control itself uses directly. The first address is the original default address; The second address from web.archive.org is an alternative. Unfortunately, regular periodic copies of the channel_v3.json file to another server are not made (which does not prevent you from channel_v3.json up periodic copying yourself), so you have to be content with outdated copies from the Internet Archive.

    How to get an alternative address

    Open https://archive.org/web → paste the address https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json into the top input field

    Package Control channel

    → BROWSE HISTORY → select the most recent of the saved copies. At the time of writing the answer is a copy of April 10, 2016, we copy its URL - https://web.archive.org/web/20160410055050/https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json - which we insert, where necessary, in ways, described above.

    Why the decision is temporary. When your configuration file contains a second channel, even after Package Control resumes normal operation, when you try to install packages

    • You will not see new packages added to the Package Control after the date when a copy was made on the Internet Archive;
    • You will get outdated versions of packages - versions for the moment when the copy was made in Internet Archive;
    • neither automatic update of packages nor manual - Ctrl + Shift + P → Package Control: Upgrade/Overwrite All Packages - will not be available to you.

    Therefore, after a few days - the period when the normal operation of the Package Control is usually resumed - remove the additional channel: Ctrl + Shift + P → Package Control: Remove Channel → select the channel you entered that you want to delete, → Enter . If the packages are not installed as before, we look at what they say in the issue tracker, the link to which is given above.

    When Package Contol is not working, and new packages or updates are needed, do not forget that the latest versions of all packages, including the latest ones, can be installed manually .

    • Michael Radionov, I seriously, more than half changed and supplemented your answer. If the author disagrees, you cannot do this, so you can roll back my changes. If I had written my answer, it would probably have been torn down, since it would only complement yours. Thank. - Sasha Chernykh
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      @ SashaBlack, no problem, thanks for an exhaustive addition. - Michael Radionov