[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBDS-1124) Update fails on any plugin install or update

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

    [ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-1124?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12517992#action_12517992 ] 

Nick Boldt commented on JBDS-1124:
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Yes, this is definitely a "crap! cannot find crap on crappy mirror" error, as the plugin in question is definitely on the Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) update site:

nickb at build:~/downloads/releases/ganymede/plugins
$ find . -name "*itex*"
./com.lowagie.itext_1.5.4.v20080228.jar

Unfortunately I cannot run Eclipse 3.4 anymore because I've updated my OS to a version that's incompatible (newer XPCOM 1.9 means 3.4 crashes on startup), so I cannot test what to do to force Eclipse to reload the Ganymede site from a fresh mirror.

Why not try this workaround?

a) remove the Ganymede site from your Eclipse's list of sites. 
b) shutdown; restart
c) add the Ganymede site back into the list (http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/)

If Eclipse 3.4 supports it you can also export your list of sites to a bookmark.xml file from which you can then import the list back in after restarting. Just saves some typing; process is basically the same.

If that doesn't work you can manually add another mirror by picking one from this list:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/releases/ganymede/
   http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/eclipse/releases/ganymede/
   http://d2u376ub0heus3.cloudfront.net/releases/ganymede/
   ftp://eclipse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/
      ...

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Please note that while Eclipse 3.5 (JBoss Dev Studio 3.0) still suffers from the problem that sometimes mirrors die / lose currency / get overloaded, at least in 3.5 you can force Eclipse to reload a site using the 'Test Connection' button from the list of available update sites. Takes effect immediately w/o having to restart Eclipse. That said if you know of a mirror that's close to you, always fast, and always up to date, you can use the same trick above (substitute "galileo" for "ganymede" in the URL) to explicitly use that URL instead of the generic download.eclipse.org one.


> Update fails on any plugin install or update
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBDS-1124
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-1124
>             Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: updatesite
>    Affects Versions: 2.1.1
>         Environment: Mac OSX 1.5.8, Java 1.6, 
> Developer Studio
> Version: 2.1.1.GA
> Build id: v200911051555R
> Build date: 200911051731
> Eclipse Platform
> Version: 3.4.2.R342_v20090122-9I96EiWElHi8lheoJKJIvhM3JfVsYbRrgVIWL
> Build id: M20090211-1700
> Spring IDE
> Version: 2.2.0.v200809261800
>            Reporter: Garvin Dean
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 2.1.x
>
>         Attachments: screenshot-1.jpg, screenshot-2.jpg, screenshot-3.jpg
>
>
> On trying to install any plugin, for instance maven (but, could be anything), the following error is generated:
> 'Install' has encountered a problem.
>   An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
> An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
>   No repository found containing: com.lowagie.itext/osgi.bundle/1.5.4.v20090608
> I was previously on 2.1.0 and still had the problem, and was hoping that I'd see it disappear when I installed the newer version.

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