Minecraft Forums

I have just purchased Minecraft and I cannot find any useful information online to get it working. In fact, i don't even understand what the problem is! The development console in the minecraft launcher always says the same, with whatever version i try and download. "Versions and Libraries.... failed with 25 attempts" If anyone can help me i'd be very grateful! Thanks!!

Here is some of the text appearing in the console:


[09:07:46 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://libraries.minecraft.net/java3d/vecmath/1.3.1/vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
[09:07:46 WARN]: Couldn't download https://libraries.minecraft.net/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.1-nightly-20131120/lwjgl_util-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:570) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:158) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:424) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:538) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:276) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:172) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:966) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:158) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1195) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:379) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:318) ~[?:1.6]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.ChecksummedDownloadable.download(ChecksummedDownloadable.java:49) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:108) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:89) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695) [?:1.6.0_65]
[09:07:46 WARN]: Couldn't download https://libraries.minecraft.net/net/sf/trove4j/trove4j/3.0.3/trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:570) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:158) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:424) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:538) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:276) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:172) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:966) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:158) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1195) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:379) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:318) ~[?:1.6]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.ChecksummedDownloadable.download(ChecksummedDownloadable.java:49) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:108) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:89) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695) [?:1.6.0_65]
[09:07:46 WARN]: Couldn't download https://libraries.minecraft.net/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:570) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:158) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:424) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:538) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:276) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:172) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:966) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:158) ~[?:1.6]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1195) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:379) ~[?:1.6.0_65]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:318) ~[?:1.6]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.ChecksummedDownloadable.download(ChecksummedDownloadable.java:49) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:108) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:89) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918) [?:1.6.0_65]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695) [?:1.6.0_65]
[09:07:46 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://libraries.minecraft.net/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.1-nightly-20131120/lwjgl_util-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
[09:07:46 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://libraries.minecraft.net/net/sf/trove4j/trove4j/3.0.3/trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
[09:07:46 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://libraries.minecraft.net/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'
[09:07:46 ERROR]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished with 25 failure(s)! (took 0:00:50.165)

hey A_herb I turned off my firewall, even though the firewall was allowing minecraft to connect anyway. I have also tried deleting the versions and then clicking play again, to re download. i have also completely removed minecraft and then downloaded it all again. nothing! thank you for your response!