I am using QGIS 1.7.3 (can't get 1.8 to work on my WIN 7 64 OS) and I cannot find the Sextante plugin. I have found other plugins with no problems, accessing all the various repositories, I have a list of many to choose from several repositories but there is no Sextante although the Sextante website says it should be downloadable from the QGIS main repository. What am I missing, doing wrong?
[GIS] Where is Sextante in QGIS
qgissextante-qgis-plugin
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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
Go to "View" menu - "Panels" and check "Shortest path" there.
Best Answer
You can find Sextante at http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml.
Either download it from there and expand it to your .qgis/python/plugins folder, or add the address to your repositories. But I can not assure that it is working as expected on 1.7.3.