Java Eclipse IDE - Repository Errors

Question

I\'ve been up for hours now, searching online for a solution. I can happily say, this has really pissed me off.

Upon opening \'Install New Software\' I get \"\'Contactin

Answer 1

My Eclipse Installation:

• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
• Eclipse Neon 64-bit
• Oracle JDK jdk1.8.0_51 64-bit

I worked out and followed many of the suggestions in the web and nothing helped. Except that one:

• In eclipse Go to "Window -> preferences -> General: Network connections" and set the "Aktiv Source" to "Native"
• Exit eclipse

• In the shell prompt, type

• "export http_proxy=http://proxy-rzf:8080" (your own proxy server and port)

• invoke eclipse

DONE!!!

If you then go to the eclipse "Network connections" settings you will see something like the image:

I hope i could help somebody with that. It cost me a lot of hours searching and trying.