Error validating location: "org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Network connection closed unexpectedly"

Error validating location: “org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Network connection closed unexpectedly”

By Randell on June 17, 2011

I was getting this error on both Eclipse and Aptana when performing a checkout from an SVN repository:

Error validating location: “org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Network connection closed unexpectedly”

svn: To better debug SSH connection problems, remove the -q option from ‘ssh’ in the [tunnels] section of your Subversion configuration file.

The weird thing was that I wasn’t getting the error when performing a checkout via the command line. Thanks to Google (again), I found the solution here: “Re: Problem Mac/Eclipse/Subclipse” after several combinations of search keywords.

The solution is simply to modify the SVN Interface from JavaHL (JNI) to SVNKit (Pure Java). You can do so under Window > Preferences > Team > SVN in Eclipse or Aptana.

Google-fu++!

6 responses to “Error validating location: “org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Network connection closed unexpectedly””

Ryan August 2, 2011 at 01:17 | Permalink

Wish I would have found this a day ago! Exactly the fix I needed. Thanks!!!
Gj (Belgium) September 19, 2011 at 23:31 | Permalink

Been googling for hours to make this work… Thanks very much
OM October 7, 2011 at 14:18 | Permalink

Thanks!! took me ages to find this!
Dan January 6, 2012 at 01:41 | Permalink

Thanks for the tip. This worked for me great!
Mir March 2, 2012 at 16:08 | Permalink

Awesome, thanks!
Adi March 14, 2012 at 01:00 | Permalink

Thanks for your solution.