Can't install http binding on OH2.4

[rossko57]

@Vitchling

the errorlog shows it tries to download the binding but fails

Background

openHAB 2.5.x and the sunset of Bintray

All, The sunset of Bintray on May 1st caused existing openHAB 2.5.x installations to no longer be able to download add-ons from the remote repository (because this was actually Bintray). The original plan was to move this content to another place and offer a seamless switch for the users, but unfortunately this turned out to be more complicated than thought, so that it didn’t work out - at least until now. There are two options to fix the problem, though: Use the offline version of the add-…

@Vitchling

I found a copy of the mav openhab-addons-2.4.0.kar file

You need the separate xxx-legacy kar for v1.x add-ons

Good luck finding 2.4 version, but as little changes for 1.x bindings you’ll probably get away with 2.5

MQTT v1 Binding - How to install on OH2.5

Hi all, I’m an OH user for many years since v1. With the release of OH3 I want to do a migration path for my home setup. For this I want to install a backup server in order to have a working system in a few minutes if i made some error in the migration. So i have installed a linux VM with OH2.5 and want to reply my working configuration from the production system. But i got stuck in the MQTTv1 Biding install. For some reason I cannot install it. I have enabled the legacy bindings in paper …

This is going to get harder for you in future, if you intend to stay on OH2 at least consider updating to the last supported version 2.5.12. And definitely secure a copy of all 2.5.12 offline install files now.

2.4 to 2.5 was not an entirely insignificant change, paving the way for OH3. It did have a few small effects on some rules etc. refer to release notes if they still exist. Someone would have found/fixed every issue in old forum posts.