The other clinching factor was it’s plugins, notably Subversive for SVN browsing and team collaboration goodness.

This evening though, I tried checking out a Google code project and got the following error:

SVN: ‘0×00400006: Validate Repository Location’ operation finished with error: Selected SVN connector library is not available or cannot be loaded.
If you selected native JavaHL connector, please check if binaries are available or install and select pure Java Subversion connector from the plug-in connectors update site.

If connectors already installed then you can change the selected one at: Window->Preferences->Team->SVN->SVN Client.

Selected SVN connector library is not available or cannot be loaded.

If you selected native JavaHL connector, please check if binaries are available or install and select pure Java Subversion connector from the plug-in connectors update site.

If connectors already installed then you can change the selected one at: Window->Preferences->Team->SVN->SVN Client.

Basically, it was banging on about connectors, so…

In case anyone is experiencing the same thing, here’s what I did to solve it:

1. Open up the Software Updates and Add-ons dialogue (Help > Software Updates)
2. Click Add Site and enter the Polaron SVN Connectors update site URL:
   http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/eclipse/2.0/update-site/
   (I found this on the Polaron download page)
3. Open up the Subversive Connectors Site node, then Subversive SVN Connectors
4. Download the following plugins:
   • Subversive SVN Connectors
   • SVNKit 1.1.7 Implementation

Restart Eclipse (or FDT standalone) when prompted and that seemed to do the trick.

I’m new to FDT and Eclipse, so let me know I was missing something.

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