Can I update from v3.6.1 --> v3.7 and keep all settings? [message #701665] |
Mon, 25 July 2011 12:17 |
Ben Stover Messages: 108 Registered: January 2010 |
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I work currently with v3.6.1 (32bit under 64bit Win7) and have made lots of adjustments and installed many plugins.
Can I somehow upgrade this installation to the new v3.7 and KEEP all these settings and plugins?
Or do I have to re-install and re-adjust everything from the beginning?
If upgrade is possible: How do I do this?
Simply by installing v3.7 into the same directory as v3.6.1 or by export and re-import settings (how exactly) ?
Ben
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Re: (no subject) [message #715130 is a reply to message #701938] |
Fri, 12 August 2011 13:23 |
Ben Stover Messages: 108 Registered: January 2010 |
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Eric Rizzo wrote on Mon, 25 July 2011 14:50
There's a couple of ways to proceed, but one thing you definitely DON'T
want to do is to download 3.7 (Indigo) and extract it into the same
directory as 3.6 (Helios).
My recommendation is to install an Indigo package into a new directory,
then point it to your existing workspace when you start it up.
Then, you can do this (copied from
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.7-201106131736/eclipse-news-part1.html):
"You can now easily install software directly from another product.
Select File > Import > Install > From Existing Installation , then
select the location of any locally installed Eclipse-based product. You
can then select what software items from that product you want to
install in the current application."
Ok, thank you.
Is this also necessary for updates v3.6.1--->v3.6.2 ?
In other words: Does your recommendation (=NOT to extract new Eclipse version into the existing one) only apply to major updates or to minor updates (3.6.1--->3.6.2) as well?
Furthermore I wonder WHERE the menu part "Install->From existing installation" is.
When I click in v3.6.1 the menu File->Import... then it looks like the attached snapshot and I cannot find any "install" option.
When I apply an update through menu (not by extracting): Is there anything changed OUTSIDE the actual Eclipse installation directory e.g. in other (Win) directories or Registry as well?
Thank you
Ben
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Re: (no subject) [message #716156 is a reply to message #715130] |
Tue, 16 August 2011 15:05 |
Eric Rizzo Messages: 3070 Registered: July 2009 |
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On 8/12/11 9:23 AM, Ben wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote on Mon, 25 July 2011 14:50
>> There's a couple of ways to proceed, but one thing you definitely
>> DON'T want to do is to download 3.7 (Indigo) and extract it into the
>> same directory as 3.6 (Helios).
>> My recommendation is to install an Indigo package into a new
>> directory, then point it to your existing workspace when you start it up.
>> Then, you can do this (copied from
>> http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.7-201106131736/eclipse-news-part1.html):
>>
>>
>>
>> "You can now easily install software directly from another product.
>> Select File > Import > Install > From Existing Installation , then
>> select the location of any locally installed Eclipse-based product.
>> You can then select what software items from that product you want to
>> install in the current application."
>
>
> Ok, thank you. In also necessary for updates v3.6.1--->v3.6.2 ?
> In other words: Does your recommendation NOT to extract new Eclipse
> version into the existing one: Does this apply only to major updates or
> to minor updates (3.6.1--->3.8.2) as well?
No, minor updates are typically done via the UI in Eclipse (Help > Check
for updates, or Help > Install New Software).
> When I apply an update through menu (not by extracting): Is there
> anything changed OUTSIDE the actual Eclipse installation directory e.g.
> in other (Win) directories or Registry as well?
No, Eclipse is pretty much self-contained in that sense.
Eric
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Re: (no subject) [message #716163 is a reply to message #715130] |
Tue, 16 August 2011 15:05 |
Eric Rizzo Messages: 3070 Registered: July 2009 |
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On 8/12/11 9:23 AM, Ben wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote on Mon, 25 July 2011 14:50
>> There's a couple of ways to proceed, but one thing you definitely
>> DON'T want to do is to download 3.7 (Indigo) and extract it into the
>> same directory as 3.6 (Helios).
>> My recommendation is to install an Indigo package into a new
>> directory, then point it to your existing workspace when you start it up.
>> Then, you can do this (copied from
>> http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.7-201106131736/eclipse-news-part1.html):
>>
>>
>>
>> "You can now easily install software directly from another product.
>> Select File > Import > Install > From Existing Installation , then
>> select the location of any locally installed Eclipse-based product.
>> You can then select what software items from that product you want to
>> install in the current application."
>
>
> Ok, thank you. In also necessary for updates v3.6.1--->v3.6.2 ?
> In other words: Does your recommendation NOT to extract new Eclipse
> version into the existing one: Does this apply only to major updates or
> to minor updates (3.6.1--->3.8.2) as well?
No, minor updates are typically done via the UI in Eclipse (Help > Check
for updates, or Help > Install New Software).
> When I apply an update through menu (not by extracting): Is there
> anything changed OUTSIDE the actual Eclipse installation directory e.g.
> in other (Win) directories or Registry as well?
No, Eclipse is pretty much self-contained in that sense.
Eric
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