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[Update Site] Creating required dependencies [message #336413]

Wed, 10 June 2009 08:31

Eclipse User

Hi,

First of all, I'm not sure this is the correct group to post. If this is
the wrong, please feel free to correct me.

I'm currently creating an Eclipse Update site for a custom made plugin.
This custom made plugin has dependencies to:
- M2Eclipse
- Mylyn
- Subclipse
- ...

I'm looking for a way to declare my site.xml to also install the
dependencies, before installing the plugin.

I tried the "Add feature..." action. That seems to work. But when a user
points to my update site, he's still able to only install the custom
plugin, and no other dependencies are installed.

I really need to make the dependencies required.
Is there a possibility to do that?

Thanks in advance,
Jochen

Re: [Update Site] Creating required dependencies [message #336453 is a reply to message #336413]

Fri, 12 June 2009 13:44

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

Jochen Hebbrecht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all, I'm not sure this is the correct group to post. If this is
> the wrong, please feel free to correct me.
>
> I'm currently creating an Eclipse Update site for a custom made plugin.
> This custom made plugin has dependencies to:
> - M2Eclipse
> - Mylyn
> - Subclipse
> - ...
>
> I'm looking for a way to declare my site.xml to also install the
> dependencies, before installing the plugin.

You need to specify the other Features as dependencies on your Feature,
so that they are required to install yours. Then, in your site.xml you
can specify an "associate sites" URL that lists other sites to use for
installing dependencies. The DTD and some explanation can be found here:
http://help.eclipse.org/stable/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/update_sitemap.html

For an example, see this update site:
http://downloads.skywayperspectives.org/builder/updates/site .xml and
also the URL that its associateSitesURL points to.

Hope this helps,
Eric

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