Installing EGit on eclipse causes problems

Question

I've tried installing the EGit plugin on Eclipse with this link: http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates

I chose both, the Eclipse Git Team Provider and JGit and hit on next. Then, the window says The operation cannot be completed. See the details. The operation cannot be completed. See the details. .

This is the window:

The error lines say:

Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.

  Software being installed: Eclipse Git Team Provider 3.0.3.201309161630-r
 (org.eclipse.egit.feature.group 3.0.3.201309161630-r)

  Software currently installed: Eclipse SDK 3.7.2.M20120208-0800 (org.eclipse.sdk.ide 3.7.2.M20120208-0800)

  Only one of the following can be installed at once:
    Team Support Core 3.7.0.v20130514-1224 (org.eclipse.team.core 3.7.0.v20130514-1224)
    Team Support Core 3.5.0.I20090527-0620 (org.eclipse.team.core 3.5.0.I20090527-0620)
    Team Support Core 3.5.1.r35x_20100113-0800 (org.eclipse.team.core 3.5.1.r35x_20100113-0800)
    Team Support Core 3.6.0.I20110525-0800 (org.eclipse.team.core 3.6.0.I20110525-0800)


  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Eclipse Git Team Provider 3.0.3.201309161630-r (org.eclipse.egit.feature.group 3.0.3.201309161630-r)
    To: org.eclipse.egit.ui [3.0.3.201309161630-r]


  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Git Team Provider UI 3.0.3.201309161630-r (org.eclipse.egit.ui 3.0.3.201309161630-r)
    To: bundle org.eclipse.team.core [3.6.100,4.0.0)


  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Eclipse Platform 3.7.2.v20120207-1839-9gF7UHPDFxGjd-PqDr2jX_4yKaumkoHTz04_q-q (org.eclipse.platform.feature.group 3.7.2.v20120207-1839-9gF7UHPDFxGjd-PqDr2jX_4yKaumkoHTz04_q-q)
    To: org.eclipse.team.core [3.6.0.I20110525-0800]


  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Eclipse Project SDK 3.7.2.r37x_v20111213-7Q7xALDPb32vCjY6UACVPdFTz-icPtJkUadz0lMmk4z-8 (org.eclipse.sdk.feature.group 3.7.2.r37x_v20111213-7Q7xALDPb32vCjY6UACVPdFTz-icPtJkUadz0lMmk4z-8)
    To: org.eclipse.platform.feature.group [3.7.2.v20120207-1839-9gF7UHPDFxGjd-PqDr2jX_4yKaumkoHTz04_q-q]


  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Eclipse SDK 3.7.2.M20120208-0800 (org.eclipse.sdk.ide 3.7.2.M20120208-0800)
    To: org.eclipse.sdk.feature.group [3.7.2.r37x_v20111213-7Q7xALDPb32vCjY6UACVPdFTz-icPtJkUadz0lMmk4z-8]

I really don't know what is going on, but I want to get this to work so badly. Thanks in advance for everyone's support!

Answer 1

From the error message it looks like you are using Eclipse 3.7 (which is about 2 years old at the time of writing this answer).

EGit 3.0 requires at least Eclipse 3.8.2 or Eclipse 4.2.2, see What versions of Eclipse does EGit target? in the FAQ.

So the solution is to upgrade to a recent version of Eclipse, see Eclipse downloads .

Answer 2

Alternatively, if you need to stick to Eclipse 3.7.2 for some reason, you can use EGit version 1.3 . This is the best update site to use in that case: eclipse indigo update site . If you filter by "git" you will get the correct plugins to install.