No repository found during checking Eclipse updates

Question

Eclipse 3.7.2

Run help -> Check for Updates, Eclipse pops up Problem occurred window below,

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Answer 1

I had this problem too. It seemed the Eclipse updater only works with a trailing "/" for repositories that don't explicitly point to a file.

E.g.

• OK: http://emonic.sourceforge.net/updatesite/nchc/site.xml
• OK: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/
• NOT OK: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno

Check here for instruction. Thanks to Devon.

Answer 2

At that location specified by the URL, it expects to see a content.xml and artifact.xml file along with the plugins and possibly other files. Those files are not likely present at that URL.

Either fix or remove the URL (in the Preferences → Install/Update → Available Software Sites).

Answer 3

I also had this problem when switching to the new release candidate of mars. None of the above mentioned solutions did work for me. If anyone should be trapped with the same issue, I finally succeded with the following:

Deleting the .eclipse and .p2 folders in my C:\Users\[my user]\ folder.

After that I also "reinstalled" eclipse which might not even be necessary.

Answer 4

Had this problem. Not just one, but well past a dozen repositories 'not found.' Tried a few other things, but the "the Eclipse updater only works with a trailing "/" for repositories that don't explicitly point to a file." solution worked for me.

Note: explicitly using the 'Edit...' button didn't work. As soon as a "/" is added, it warns about "duplicate entry" and disables the 'Update' control.

Instead, selected all the 'eclipse' -related items, did 'export' to a file, closed eclipse, then edited the file in UltraEdit, as specified, then 'import'ed the file. After this, the update worked.

Comment: why these updates (eclipse and Android's too) have so many flow problems in their update processes tells me the developers of these two sets of packages aren't using these methods. I wonder what they use.

eclipse Indigo 2012, apparently now mostly Feb 2012 through Apr 2013.