stuck at “Getting org.scala-sbt sbt 0.13.6 …” when running sbt in terminal

Question

Similar problem with How to use sbt behind authenticated proxy?. I tried with the given answer and problem still there.

When I run sbt in terminal, it

Answer 1

I bypassed the error by adding a build.properties file under project folder, in which, I put:

  sbt.version=0.13.5

I think this probably is because my system has activator pre-installed instead of sbt, which is easier to work with play project. Not quite clear in the theory as I just start to use sbt.