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 solution was: Window → Preferences → Install/Update → Available software Site edit the problematic sites-> remove the 's' from 'https' on the site lines! using Luna.

Answer 2

If the embedded browser works but updates will not work you might just be using a 32 bit Java on a 64 bit eclipse. Download the 32-bit version and see if that helps. Worked for me.

Answer 3

I have had the same problem in the past when installing new software in Eclipse.

In my case it has always been a problem with my Eclipse Proxy settings.

Eclipse > Preferences > General > Network Connections

Make sure you have your proxy settings configured correctly. If you are on a college or office network you can get the Proxy details of the administrator. In my case I had to configure the HTTP, HTTPS and the SOCKS.

The SOCKS requires that you input your username and password.

NOTE: If your network username or password changes you will have to update this.

In my case I had to change the "Active Provider" drop down from 'Direct' to 'Manual'

This solved all my problems

More info at http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2Freference%2Fref-net-preferences.htm

Answer 4

I encountered the same problem and solved it by disabling the McAffee Host Intrusion Detection program during the installation.

I noticed an additional symptom that I wasn't able to browse the Internet using the Eclipse Internal Web Browser feature using below Eclipse Menu navigational steps:

  Window → Show View → Other → General → Internal Web Browser.

Answer 5

I also encountered the same problem and nothing here worked. What I found the problem to be was an issue with the versions of openjdk and oracle-java...as a result I installed all versions from 6-8...I'm not sure which one fixed the issue but after installing all of them the problem was resolved. Hope this helps

Answer 6

this is reference of

Unable to read repository at http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo

Can you connect to internet at all through Eclipse?

Open the internal webbrowser. In Eclipse: Window -> show view -> Other -> General: Internal web browser. Look up any normal adress, is it working? Can you connect to another update site? Try for example Eclipse Emma: http://update.eclemma.org/ Do you see anything there?

What are your proxy preferences? Go to Window -> preferences -> General: Network connections.

The active provider:

Specifies the settings profile to be used when opening connections. Choosing the Direct provider causes all the connections to be opened without the use of a proxy server. Selecting Manual causes settings defined in Eclipse to be used. On some platforms there is also a Native provider available, selecting this one causes settings that were discovered in the OS to be used. If internet is working fine outside of Eclipse, try changing to Native. After that, try Direct.

I have encountered problems where an update site would not load, then I had to remove it and add it again. This forces Eclipse to reread the contents of the site even if it has a cached copy. So, if you still get no connection to the indigo update site, but everything else is working, try that. Go to Window -> Preferences -> Install/update: Available Software sites. Then remove and add the indigo site. Just remember to copy the adress so you can add it again.

As suggested in a comment below by @lostiniceland, this is a simpler way to achieve the above:

Goto Preferences -> Install Update -> Available Software Sites => select the entry and click the "Reload" button to the right. This is sometimes also helpful when you have a local updatesite for testing custom plugins