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The Problem
When I start Netbeans, it tells me that 21 updates have been found, and I have clickable action to update the IDE:
The install fails and gives me these messages:
What I've Tried
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Sonny
Posted 2014-05-16T12:44:25.393
Reputation: 535
2
Turns out it was Norton Family that was blocking the connection. My network admin had to disable it temporarily so I could do the IDE update.
Sonny
Posted 2014-05-16T12:44:25.393
Reputation: 535
1
Netbeans seems to fail the whole update process if there is some temporary network problem when downloading some plugin. It was probably your case to and when you retry the update it simply worked (not really having anything to do with your AntiVirus Software).
I had to upgrade from full edition Netbeans 8.0 to 8.0.2 and managed to do that by simply re-trying several times. Not sure if that is important by I updated through Tools -> Plugins and use Update button. I then hit "Try again" every time the download failed.
For anyone with a similar problem you can follow Bug 249791 - Retry should only download missing plugins.
Nux
Posted 2014-05-16T12:44:25.393
Reputation: 369
1
For me, neither Antivirus software or Firewall settings were the issue. However, getting every single update one at a time instead of updating everything in one go worked!
Go to Tools->Plugins-Updates and uncheck everything but one component and then click update. Repeat until done.
Also helps you identify the plugin that breaks the entire update process ... in my case, it was 'Git'.
Aroddo
Posted 2014-05-16T12:44:25.393
Reputation: 11
1Wouldn't it be easier to just uninstall the current version of NetBeans you have installed and then install the current release? Its clear something is blocking communication with the server but we can't help with that its not our network ( and you have no provided enough information to from diagnostic support ). I would try and download those plugins manually. – Ramhound – 2014-05-16T13:02:40.463