0.3.1 installation problems under Windows XP

A similar problem with this occurs under Windows XP (both SP2 and SP3)

The problem here seems to be a connection timeout while downloading the grails plugin. This is the excerpt of the setup log:

... Running script C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\..\grails\scripts\InstallPlugin.groovy
    [mkdir] Created dir: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\.grails\1.0.1\plugins
      [get] Getting: http://www.pillarone.org/pillarone/reserving-0.3-rc1/grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
      [get] To: C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\plugins\grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
      [get] Error getting http://www.pillarone.org/pillarone/reserving-0.3-rc1/grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip to C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\plugins\grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
 at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Get.execute(Get.java:80)
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
 at ...

Trying to resolve the issue, I downloaded the plugin myself (so no downloading problem actually exists), put it in the required by the script folder and re-run the setup.

Although this time it found the plugin, the process stopped at the same step (6 out of 8) with the same error as before (connection timeout) while trying to download it again (???):

... Running script C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\..\grails\scripts\InstallPlugin.groovy
      [get] Getting: http://www.pillarone.org/pillarone/reserving-0.3-rc1/grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
      [get] To: C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\plugins\grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
      [get] local file date : Fri Oct 17 17:06:11 EEST 2008
      [get] Error getting http://www.pillarone.org/pillarone/reserving-0.3-rc1/grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip to C:\Program Files\pillarone\pillarone\plugins\grails-ulc-6.2.1.zip
: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
 at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Get.execute(Get.java:80)
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
 at ...

Any ideas?

Hi Vasilis

your assumption is right. Depending on your firewall settings the download of the plugin is blocked. I will publish a new installer next week with a clear hint and a workaround.

Thanks for your patience.

Stefan

A new installer version of the reserving application is available. Furthermore the hints in this how-to may be useful.