Installing Groovy and Grails support, problem connecting to repository

I have just installed STS 2.8.0 on a Windows 7 machine. I am using JDK 1.6.0_26. I am installing in a non-shared directory (F:/Applications). The install seems to go ok, but when I go to the extensions tab on the Dashboard and try to install Grails and Groovy support, I get the following error:

Problems occurred while performing installation: Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...rty/scala/e3.7 failed.
Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...rty/scala/e3.7 failed.
Read timed out

This problem doesn't seem to happen with extensions that are installed from other repositories (i.e. FindBugs).

Is this a security issue with Windows 7 or something else?

Hi!

Do you get this error every time? I don't think its a security issue and I am wondering why you are getting this when trying to install Grails and Groovy (totally unrelated to the Scala update site that is mentioned in the problem you mentioned). And does it fail to install Groovy/Grails or is it just popping up the error message and does the job of installing Groovy & Grails?

-Martin

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Originally Posted by meinholz

I have just installed STS 2.8.0 on a Windows 7 machine. I am using JDK 1.6.0_26. I am installing in a non-shared directory (F:/Applications). The install seems to go ok, but when I go to the extensions tab on the Dashboard and try to install Grails and Groovy support, I get the following error:

Problems occurred while performing installation: Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...rty/scala/e3.7 failed.
Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/milesto...rty/scala/e3.7 failed.
Read timed out

This problem doesn't seem to happen with extensions that are installed from other repositories (i.e. FindBugs).

Is this a security issue with Windows 7 or something else?

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I've had similar problems, I made some progress by adding :

-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=200000
-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=20000

to sts.ini


I'm now stuck at the grails support - I've managed to install grails 1.3.7 and groovy support this way - but can't get the grails support,
sometimes I've found that I manage to download links with IE then STS seems to progress.

I think it's related to proxies and networking - I've not had this problem at home.

DG

I have this problem each time. I also have this problem on two different Windows 7 workstations.

When I open the Progress tab in the bottom, I see that STS is accessing:

http://dist.springsource.com/milesto....7/content.jar

http://dist.springsource.com/release...ve/content.jar

I am able to install PMD, FindBugs and the Google plugin without error. I was not able to install Grails, Groovy or Subversive.

I seem to be getting further. I was nearly there - grails support not yet done, needs AJDT installing, which I couldn't
seem to download .. I've add a few more params to STS.ini to make the network more tolerant :

-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=200000
-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=200000
-DretryAttempts=20
-DreadTimeout=2000000
-DcloseTimeout=2000000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.re adTimeout=20000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.re tryAttempts=30
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.cl oseTimeout=1000

HTH

DG

I still think it must be some kind of security setting. I've turned off the firewall and tried running the application as administrator (which my account was) and updating the JDK to 1.6.0_29. None of that worked. In the $WORKSPACE/.metdata/.log file, I get the following errors:

!SESSION 2011-10-20 23:10:47.685 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=2.8.0.201110171000-RELEASE
java.version=1.6.0_29
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product com.springsource.sts.ide
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product com.springsource.sts.ide

!ENTRY org.eclipse.mylyn.discovery.ui 4 0 2011-10-20 23:17:27.966
!MESSAGE Problems occurred while performing installation: Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/release...vy-grails/e3.7 failed.
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.ProvisionException: Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/release...vy-grails/e3.7 failed.
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.CacheMa nager.createCache(CacheManager.java:148)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repositor y.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.getLocalFile(Sim pleMetadataRepositoryFactory.java:66)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repositor y.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.load(SimpleMetad ataRepositoryFactory.java:88)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repositor y.MetadataRepositoryManager.factoryLoad(MetadataRe positoryManager.java:57)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers .AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(Abstract RepositoryManager.java:749)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers .AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(Abstract RepositoryManager.java:651)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repositor y.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(Metadat aRepositoryManager.java:96)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repositor y.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(Metadat aRepositoryManager.java:92)
at org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.discovery.ui.PrepareIns tallProfileJob_e_3_6.addRepositories(PrepareInstal lProfileJob_e_3_6.java:309)
at org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.discovery.ui.PrepareIns tallProfileJob_e_3_6.computeInstallableUnits(Prepa reInstallProfileJob_e_3_6.java:134)
at org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.discovery.ui.PrepareIns tallProfileJob_e_3_6.run(PrepareInstallProfileJob_ e_3_6.java:89)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalCont extThread.run(ModalContext.java:121)
Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream. java:129)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStre am.java:218)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStre am.java:237)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readRawLi ne(HttpParser.java:78)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readLine( HttpParser.java:106)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.readL ine(HttpConnection.java:1116)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpCon nectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.readLine(Mult iThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1413)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readS tatusLine(HttpMethodBase.java:1973)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readR esponse(HttpMethodBase.java:1735)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execu te(HttpMethodBase.java:1098)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.e xecuteWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.e xecuteMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMe thod(HttpClient.java:397)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMe thod(HttpClient.java:346)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.H ttpClientFileSystemBrowser.runRequest(HttpClientFi leSystemBrowser.java:227)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.Abstr actFileSystemBrowser$DirectoryJob.run(AbstractFile SystemBrowser.java:69)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.j ava:54)
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository 4 1002 2011-10-20 23:17:27.966
!MESSAGE Communication with repository at http://dist.springsource.com/release...vy-grails/e3.7 failed.
!STACK 0
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream. java:129)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStre am.java:218)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStre am.java:237)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readRawLi ne(HttpParser.java:78)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readLine( HttpParser.java:106)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.readL ine(HttpConnection.java:1116)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpCon nectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.readLine(Mult iThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1413)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readS tatusLine(HttpMethodBase.java:1973)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readR esponse(HttpMethodBase.java:1735)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execu te(HttpMethodBase.java:1098)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.e xecuteWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.e xecuteMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMe thod(HttpClient.java:397)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMe thod(HttpClient.java:346)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient.H ttpClientFileSystemBrowser.runRequest(HttpClientFi leSystemBrowser.java:227)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.Abstr actFileSystemBrowser$DirectoryJob.run(AbstractFile SystemBrowser.java:69)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.j ava:54)
!SESSION 2011-10-20 23:18:25.902 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=2.8.0.201110171000-RELEASE
java.version=1.6.0_29
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product com.springsource.sts.ide
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product com.springsource.sts.ide

This is why I increased the read time out - as in the settings posted :

at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalCont extThread.run(ModalContext.java:121)
Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)


So add to your STS.ini ..

-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=200000
-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=200000
-DretryAttempts=20
-DreadTimeout=2000000
-DcloseTimeout=2000000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.re adTimeout=20000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.re tryAttempts=30
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.cl oseTimeout=1000

I'm up and running now - but seem to have gotten in a mess with my Maven installation - I may start afresh with the above settings,
then see how it goes.

I added this and got the same error. Thanks for the pointer though.

The issue was with Kaspersky Internet Security 2012. After I shut all Kaspersky services down, I was able to install
the groovy and grails extensions.

It's weird how only some extensions caused issues while others worked ok.

I will try to open a ticket with Kaspersky so they can fix the issue.

Glad it helps someone else. It took me a while to figure it out. I think Kaspersky is not so unusual and that others may run into the same issue.