I've seen some similar but there solutions don't seem to work for me.
Trying to run an old Grails 1.3.7 but the plugins can never be located. If I create even a new Grails 1.3.7 and attempt to install a plugin it fails. Grails 2.4.3 works fine.
Resolving plugin acegi. Please wait...
:: problems summary ::
:::: WARNINGS
module not found: org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2
==== grailsPlugins: tried
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
/Users/toddcrone/work/twcrone/grails-1.3.7-test/lib/acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
==== grailsHome: tried
/Users/toddcrone/.gvm/grails/1.3.7/lib/acegi-0.5.3.2.xml
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
/Users/toddcrone/.gvm/grails/1.3.7/lib/acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
==== grailsHome: tried
/Users/toddcrone/.gvm/grails/1.3.7/dist/acegi-0.5.3.2.xml
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
/Users/toddcrone/.gvm/grails/1.3.7/dist/acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
==== grailsHome: tried
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
/Users/toddcrone/.gvm/grails/1.3.7/plugins/grails-acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
==== http://grails.org/plugins: tried
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
http://grails.org/plugins/grails-acegi/tags/RELEASE_0_5_3_2/grails-acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
==== mavenCentral: tried
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/grails/plugins/acegi/0.5.3.2/acegi-0.5.3.2.pom
-- artifact org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2!acegi.zip:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/grails/plugins/acegi/0.5.3.2/acegi-0.5.3.2.zip
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:: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES ::
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:: org.grails.plugins#acegi;0.5.3.2: not found
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Error resolving plugin [name:acegi, group:org.grails.plugins, version:0.5.3.2].
Plugin not found for name [acegi] and version [0.5.3.2]