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How to install an eclipse plugin? [message #535691]

Tue, 25 May 2010 05:43

Eclipse User

I just finished the code of my own eclipse plugin, It works fine in the debuger, so now I what to use it for real.
The thing is, I don´t know what I have to do in order to install it.
Do I have to touch any config files?
Do I have to write some specific code?
Or I just need to get the folder and move it to the eclipse plugins folder?

Any help will be welcome because I have not found any info about that.

Re: How to install an eclipse plugin? [message #535892 is a reply to message #535691]

Wed, 26 May 2010 04:40

Eclipse User

Hi Victor

Victor a écrit :
> I just finished the code of my own eclipse plugin, It works fine in the
> debuger, so now I what to use it for real.
> The thing is, I don´t know what I have to do in order to install it.
> Do I have to touch any config files?
> Do I have to write some specific code?

You need to build and export your plug-ins. See :

http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipsePlugIn/article.html#de ployplugin
http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseFeatureProject/article .html
http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipsePDEBuild/article.html

Do not miss one important point. Eclipse does not use the same code (and configuration files) to build your
sources files when your are in development mode (JDT is used) and when you build to export (PDE is used).
See build.properties file for PDE build configuration.

> Or I just need to get the folder and move it to the eclipse plugins folder?

Short story : Never do that !
Long story : Read http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/understanding-eclipse-p2-p rovi for an introduction to P2

>
> Any help will be welcome because I have not found any info about that.

Regards,

Mariot

Re: How to install an eclipse plugin? [message #535899 is a reply to message #535892]

Wed, 26 May 2010 05:26

Eclipse User

Thanks for the info,
I don`t really understand the "FeatureProject" thing but I ll try to deploy my plugin using these links.

Anyway, is just me or are there very few documentation about that particular area?
Again thanks.

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