Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Subclipse in Eclipse [MAC]

To install subclipse in Eclipse ide:

Help->Install new software->Add->http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x

If you are behind firewall you would get error like this

Unable to connect to repository http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x/content.xml Unable to connect to repository http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x/content.xml Connection refused

Then do the following,

  1. In Eclipse (go to Preferences > General > Network connections).
  2. Select "Active Provider" as "Manual".
  3. Select HTTP and click edit.
  4. Enter the host and port [proxy host and port get it from office admin]
  5. Select "Reuries Authentication" and enter the username and password.
  6. Repeat Step 1 to 5 for Https.


    Src: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4598167/eclipse-updates-not-working