java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out error when using library manager

edited January 2014 in Using Processing

Hi, I have recently setup processing 2.1 on a 64 bit windows system - when attempting to use the library manager to download the contribution list I got an "connection timed out while downloading the contribution list" error. I had a look at the console on the processing IDE and that had the following error which started with java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out. Processing is setup on a work computer could it be being affected by the firewall and if so is there work around.

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers.

Answers

  • Answer ✓

    Hi, found the problem, becos the computer that processing is installed on is a work computer i have to use a proxy which means altering two lines in the preferences.txt file; proxy.host=yourproxyaddress proxy.port=portnumber

    After making the alteration everything went fine.

    Cheers.

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