stuck at “Getting org.scala-sbt sbt 0.13.6 …” when running sbt in terminal

Question

Similar problem with How to use sbt behind authenticated proxy?. I tried with the given answer and problem still there.

When I run sbt in terminal, it

Answer 1

try to use a fast maven mirror or run it behind a http/https proxy .

Answer 2

Creating a build.sbt file worked as well. My build.sbt file looks like below;

lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
  settings(
    name := "hello",
    version := "1.0",
    scalaVersion := "2.11.4"
  )