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| Using Oomph to snapshot and clone/restore a complete, customized/personalized Eclipse installation? [message #1707736] |
Wed, 09 September 2015 00:23  |
John Adev
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Hi
I installed Eclipse Neon M1.
I'd noticed Oomph at the start of the process, but decided against it initially since I couldn't immediately figure out how to start with just a "Platform Binaries" install.
I'm chasing the leanest-possible install that does exactly and only what I need. So far, I've been getting there with individual, step by step adds of plugins & features, sometimes installing a 'release' repo, sometimes a 'nightly'.
At the moment, I've got a really nice setup going -- but it's a hodge-podge of plugins and repos.
I've read https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer, the FAQ, etc etc, and can't completely wrap my head around Oomph yet :-/
What I *want* to do is to be able to take a snapshot of my complete install -- preferences, perspectives, plugins, repos, etc etc -- and export/save it, then clone it from from scratch.
I'm pretty sure Oomph *can* do that. Can it?
If it can, is there a good step-by-step doc/example for doing just that?
Thanks.
John
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| Re: Using Oomph to snapshot and clone/restore a complete, customized/personalized Eclipse installati [message #1707741 is a reply to message #1707736] |
Wed, 09 September 2015 03:39  |
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Hi John,
Oomph can install, provision and configure IDEs with everything that someone has written into a .setup file. In a way
these setup files are modular, uber-config files that contain setup tasks which the Oomph setup engine performs if
they're needed. Oomph also comes with a tree/properties-based editor for the setup files, but not with a fully automated
setup file generator or builder. There are a few other tools in Oomph that help to author these setup files, e.g., a
preference recorder, a preference capturer, a preference (.epf) importer, a p2 "Repository Explorer" view with drag and
drop into the setup files. But generally you have to explicitely author the setup files. The three main setup files (for
User, Installation, and Workspace) are always available in the Navigate -> Open Setup menu (or in the main toolbar, if
you enable the toolbar contributions in Preferences -> Oomph -> Setup). For creating reusable Product or Project setups
we offer wizards in the File -> New -> Other -> Oomph menu.
There is no setup task available, yet, for configuring perspectives.
Cheers
/Eike
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http://thegordian.blogspot.com
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Am 09.09.2015 um 02:23 schrieb John Adev:
> Hi
>
> I installed Eclipse Neon M1.
>
> I'd noticed Oomph at the start of the process, but decided against it initially since I couldn't immediately figure
> out how to start with just a "Platform Binaries" install.
>
> I'm chasing the leanest-possible install that does exactly and only what I need. So far, I've been getting there with
> individual, step by step adds of plugins & features, sometimes installing a 'release' repo, sometimes a 'nightly'.
>
> At the moment, I've got a really nice setup going -- but it's a hodge-podge of plugins and repos.
>
> I've read https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer, the FAQ, etc etc, and can't completely wrap my head around Oomph
> yet :-/
>
> What I *want* to do is to be able to take a snapshot of my complete install -- preferences, perspectives, plugins,
> repos, etc etc -- and export/save it, then clone it from from scratch.
>
> I'm pretty sure Oomph *can* do that. Can it?
>
> If it can, is there a good step-by-step doc/example for doing just that?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
Cheers
/Eike
----
http://www.esc-net.de
http://thegordian.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/eikestepper
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