I have been trying to teach myself QGIS by using this forum and others to help. Most of my questions can be answered by downloading plugins that are available through 3rd party repositories but for some reason I am not able to connect with these. Anyone have any ideas why this is the case?
[GIS] Accessing QGIS Plugin repositories from behind Proxy
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I am not sure i can solve your problem. But there has been problems fetching python plugins while behind a proxy. In your case, it seems only the dafault plugins are visible(displayed as "locally available").
If you check the repositories tab, everything will be shown as Unavailable(check "Status" field) as in the picture below.
you can get the repo address by copying the urls from the picture above.
From there you can download your plugin and copy it to your python plugins folder. QGIS will then show your copied plugins in the plugins list.
Edit This could be a solution. It worked for me behind a proxy. In Qgis, Select Settings>Options.
Adjust Network as shown in below image.
Credit for this finding goes to:@Alex Markov for this post
You can still add any repository you know using the "Add ..." button.
Hosting external repositories is now discouraged. Plugin authors should add their plugins to the official repository which will serve as a central hub where users can find plugins and report bugs. Work on a rating system is also on the todo list.
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I was able to set up proxy settings in QGIS (Settings->Options->Network) so that it could communicate through our proxy server. In my case, the Default proxy type didn't work--I had to use HTTPProxy. Once that was done, I had no problem getting to the plugins on the repo servers.