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Eliton, I think you must have experienced some kind of networking hiccup (you were able to send in this support request after all). Please try installing the plugin again. I just tried and did not experience problems. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Eliton > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Universidade federal de Pelotas > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/eliton/IDV_5.2/jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > > Installing plugin: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/plugins/workshop.jar > www.unidata.ucar.edu > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.net.UnknownHostException: www.unidata.ucar.edu > at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:184) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) > at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1168) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1104) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:998) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:932) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1512) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1440) > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.writeTo(IOUtil.java:613) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.installPlugin(PluginManager.java:2209) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.installPluginInThread(PluginManager.java:2168) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager$4.run(PluginManager.java:2155) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: AJA-943293 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed