PyDev Installation

keywords: Eclipse, python, pydev, installation

I have just installed Eclipse Version: Juno Release (Build id: 20120614-1722) and I’ve wanted to install Python IDE PyDev. When I’ve started with the installation procedure I’ve run into problem.... here are the error log and the screen shot ....

HTTP Proxy Authentication Required: http://pydev.org/updates/content.xml
HTTP Proxy Authentication Required: http://pydev.org/updates/content.xml
Proxy Authentication Required

Luckily the solution was simple. It was only required to add some configuration options to eclipse.ini file. Instructions how to solve this issue I’ve found on internet were not so precise and possibly could make some confusion ... so I’ve decided to make one short post on this topic.

.... locate your eclipse.ini file and add at the end these lines:

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

It is important to put these lines to last block after -vmargs. Here is the whole ini file (added lines 22-27).

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.200.v20120522-1813
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.excludeContributors=org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient
-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080
-Dhttp.proxyHost=myproxy
-Dhttp.proxyUser=mydomain\myusername
-Dhttp.proxyPassword=mypassword
-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.0.0.1

...and don’t forget to restart Eclipse :-)


....here are more details.

... enjoy ...