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Feature uninstall popup menu item is disabled [message #313347] Wed, 14 March 2007 02:54 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Hi

Eclipse 3.2.2
right click on a feaure in Manage Configurations dialog, shows the popup
menu with only Disable, Replace With, Properties enabled. Why is
uninstall item is inactive. any reason ? no errors reported and feature
status from Properties says "This feature is configured properly".

Tried starting Eclipse with -clean option as well.

Anthos
Re: Feature uninstall popup menu item is disabled [message #313369 is a reply to message #313347] Wed, 14 March 2007 11:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com

Anil T Samuel wrote:
> Hi
>
> Eclipse 3.2.2
> right click on a feaure in Manage Configurations dialog, shows the popup
> menu with only Disable, Replace With, Properties enabled. Why is
> uninstall item is inactive. any reason ? no errors reported and feature
> status from Properties says "This feature is configured properly".

How did you install the feature originally? I think the Unistall
function is only available for plug-ins/features that are installed via
the Update Manager (Software Updates > Find and Install...)

To uninstall manually, you can shut down Eclipse, delete the appropriate
directory(ies) under <eclipse-base>/plugins/ and/or
<eclipse-base>/features/ and the restart Eclipse with -clean.

Hope this helps,
Eric
Re: Feature uninstall popup menu item is disabled [message #313370 is a reply to message #313369] Wed, 14 March 2007 11:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Anil T Samuel wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Eclipse 3.2.2
>> right click on a feaure in Manage Configurations dialog, shows the
>> popup menu with only Disable, Replace With, Properties enabled. Why is
>> uninstall item is inactive. any reason ? no errors reported and
>> feature status from Properties says "This feature is configured
>> properly".
>
> How did you install the feature originally? I think the Unistall
> function is only available for plug-ins/features that are installed via
> the Update Manager (Software Updates > Find and Install...)
>
> To uninstall manually, you can shut down Eclipse, delete the appropriate
> directory(ies) under <eclipse-base>/plugins/ and/or
> <eclipse-base>/features/ and the restart Eclipse with -clean.

Also note that Disabling a feature is just as good as removing it as far
as Eclipse is concerned - Eclipse will not load disabled features and
they take no resources (other than some disk space).

Hope this helps,
Eric
Re: Feature uninstall popup menu item is disabled [message #313440 is a reply to message #313370] Wed, 14 March 2007 19:29 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Thanks Eric; must appreciate your reply.

The feature was manually copied into eclipse/ directory; which is
distributed as zip file; so unzipped to be more precise.

There is still some unexplainable behavior which is sometimes the
feature does not get listed in the Manage Configurations dialog; no
errors reported; even when started with -clean option. I am still
digging to find the reason.

but all works fine if installed using Update Manager.

Anthos

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>> Anil T Samuel wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Eclipse 3.2.2
>>> right click on a feaure in Manage Configurations dialog, shows the
>>> popup menu with only Disable, Replace With, Properties enabled. Why
>>> is uninstall item is inactive. any reason ? no errors reported and
>>> feature status from Properties says "This feature is configured
>>> properly".
>>
>> How did you install the feature originally? I think the Unistall
>> function is only available for plug-ins/features that are installed
>> via the Update Manager (Software Updates > Find and Install...)
>>
>> To uninstall manually, you can shut down Eclipse, delete the
>> appropriate directory(ies) under <eclipse-base>/plugins/ and/or
>> <eclipse-base>/features/ and the restart Eclipse with -clean.
>
> Also note that Disabling a feature is just as good as removing it as far
> as Eclipse is concerned - Eclipse will not load disabled features and
> they take no resources (other than some disk space).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
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