How do I configure the proxy settings so that Eclipse can download new plugins?

Solution 1:

I had the same problem. I installed Eclipse 3.7 into a new folder, and created a new workspace. I launch Eclipse with a -data argument to reference the new workspace.

When I attempt to connect to the marketplace to get the SVN and Maven plugins, I get the same issues described in OP.

After a few more tries, I cleared the proxy settings for SOCKS protocol, and I was able to connect to the marketplace.

So the solution for me was to configure the manual settings for HTTP and HTTPS proxy, clear the settings for SOCKS, and restart Eclipse.

Solution 2:

Manual + disable SOCKS didn't work for me (still tried to use SOCKS and my company proxy refused it),
Native + changed eclipse.ini worked for me

-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.excludeContributors=org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient
-Dhttp.proxyHost=myproxy
-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080
-Dhttp.proxyUser=mydomain\myusername
-Dhttp.proxyPassword=mypassword
-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.0.0.1

These settings require IDE restart (sometimes with -clean -refresh command line options).
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281472

Java8, Eclipse Neon3, slow proxy server:

-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.excludeContributors=org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient4
-Dhttp.proxyHost=<proxy>
-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080
-Dhttps.proxyHost=<proxy>
-Dhttps.proxyPort=8080
-DsocksProxyHost=
-DsocksProxyPort=
-Dhttp.proxyUser=<user>
-Dhttp.proxyPassword=<pass>
-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.0.0.1
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.transport.ecf.retry=5
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.connectTimeout=15000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.readTimeout=1000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.retryAttempts=20
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.closeTimeout=1000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.connectTimeout=3000
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.browse.readTimeout=1000