Cannot “Install New Software” in Eclipse 3.5

Question

I have just installed Eclipse 3.5 for Java EE developers (\"Galileo\").

I need to add an extra plugin, but when I select the \"Install New Software ...\" menu item,

Answer 1

If none of the solutions above work for you, simply change the workspace to another location. If the list of items appears properly then there's probably something screwed up in the workspace and not Eclipse. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I actually just had a similar problem and wanted to offer the solution that worked for me. This was not a permissions thing. To solve that I always install eclipse as my user in my local directory (e.g. /home/[user]/local/eclipse-3.7.2) and then you never have permission issues.

Setup: Go to Help -> Install New software -> Available Software Sites (to add new site)

Symptom: Try to add a new site. After hitting enter or clicking finish the site shows up in the list of available sites. Click Okay to go back to the install new software and the site is not available in the drop down. Go back to Available sites and the site is gone.

Fix: After adding the site click on the reload button while the new site is highlighted (before clicking Ok to go back to the "Install new software screen"

This was occurring on Indigo SR2 (and has been happening for a while). I am running this on Linux Gtk -- but I don't see why this would be related.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Start by checking you error log under Window -> Show View -> Error Log. See if you're getting any exception while trying to install new software.

You can also install by downloading the plugin and unzipping it in the dropins folder.

Answer 4

I suggest to use Eclipse Indigo (Eclipse 3.7) which contains EGit already.

Answer 5

GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true also solved the non-clickable button problem for me running gnome 2.28.1 with Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) x64 with kernel 2.6.31-14-generic

Answer 6

just press enter after entering URL in "Install new software" window