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We are running Mathematica 11.1 on a remote Linux box that has a pretty locked-down set of ports (enough for SSH and not a whole heck of a lot else), and it keeps trying to update things in the paclet manager, especially when we launch subkernels. This times out (which slows things down annoyingly), and we have a batch workflow set up in a way that makes the generated message very inconvenient.

Is there a way to just turn off the attempts to do the updates? I'm not even sure why it's being done for subkernels in the first place.

UPDATE: After poking around a bit more, I think the issue has something to do with the master kernel deciding to do a paclet update right after LaunchKernels is called; all the subkernels have the -nopaclet command line option, as they should, but starting the master kernel with wolfram -nopaclet causes the error and error message to go away.

Pillsy
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    That's weird because subkernels should be launched with the -nopaclet option. EDIT: In fact they are, you can see that with ParallelEvaluate[$CommandLine]. Did you report this problem to WRI? – Szabolcs Apr 11 '17 at 20:17
  • Do you launch subkernels in the same machine, using the default method? Or do you have a special setup, with your own subkernel launch command? – Szabolcs Apr 11 '17 at 20:19
  • Same machine, using the default method. See similar problems on Mac OS X and Windows. – Pillsy Apr 11 '17 at 20:21
  • Well, maybe that -nopaclet doesn't mean much, or maybe it is not handled as it should be. – Szabolcs Apr 11 '17 at 20:22
  • Have you tried PacletManager`$AllowInternet=False ? – Ray Shadow Apr 11 '17 at 21:13
  • Just found that. It does the trick. – Pillsy Apr 11 '17 at 21:27

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You can open Preferences > Internet Connectivity and uncheck Allow the Wolfram System to access the Internet.

Alternatively you can set:

PacletManager`$AllowInternet = False
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