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How to install Eclipse Neon behind a proxy server

With Neon, Eclipse comes with an installer. I could not find the configuration menu in the installer. My java version:

java -version java version "1.8.0_72" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_72-b15) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.72-b15, mixed mode)

on ubuntu 14.04 64 bit.

I tried setting up a proxy server in eclipse-inst.ini:

 ... -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Dhttps.proxyPort=8888 -Dhttp.proxyPort=8888 -Dhttps.proxyHost=localproxy -Dhttp.proxyHost=localproxy

as described here https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html but the installer is hanging ...

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There are two options:

  • Download the full package instead of using the installer. There is a link right on the download page, but here where packages can be obtained .
  • Switch the installer to advanced mode (use the menu button in the upper right corner of the installer window). In advanced mode, there is a place to set proxy server settings:

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I could find a workaround that should copy the actual network configuration from the previous Eclipse Mars configuration.

cp <old_eclipse>/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.core.net.prefs <neon_installer_path>/eclipse-installer/configuration/.settings

It works, but it really looks like a hack, any other hints?

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