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Software updates: installing to specific locations [message #329569]

Sat, 28 June 2008 04:37

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: akarypid.yahoo.gr

Is it possible to install software in different extension locations with
Ganymede? The "Software Updates" dialog no longer provides a button
for you to change the installation location...

Re: Software updates: installing to specific locations [message #329575 is a reply to message #329569]

Sat, 28 June 2008 07:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ekkehard.gentz-software.de

Alexandros Karypidis schrieb:
> Is it possible to install software in different extension locations with
> Ganymede? The "Software Updates" dialog no longer provides a button for
> you to change the installation location...
you can't do this

but you can use the dropins folder:
place link files in the dropins folder pointing to your external locations

ekke

Re: Software updates: installing to specific locations [message #329630 is a reply to message #329575]

Mon, 30 June 2008 12:56

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: post.peter-jacobsen.de

Under OS-X 10.5.3 I did not get .link files to work - see
news://news.eclipse.org:119/g4a00q$333$1@build.eclipse.org

Peter

ekke schrieb:
> Alexandros Karypidis schrieb:
>> Is it possible to install software in different extension locations
>> with Ganymede? The "Software Updates" dialog no longer provides a
>> button for you to change the installation location...
> you can't do this
>
> but you can use the dropins folder:
> place link files in the dropins folder pointing to your external locations
>
> ekke

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