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Different folder for plug-ins [message #60279]

Tue, 03 June 2003 09:04

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: stelian.iancu.gmx.net

Hello!

Is it possible to store some external plugins and features in some other
folder than $ECLIPSE_HOME and then tell Eclipse at startup where to look
for those external plugins and features?

I saw in the help something like the -configuration parameter, but I didn't
understand how can I use it.

--
Stelian Iancu
Linux Registered User 287835

Be different. Think.

Re: Different folder for plug-ins [message #60480 is a reply to message #60279]

Tue, 03 June 2003 09:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: muelleimer.usenet.katzien.de

* Stelian Iancu <stelian.iancu@gmx.net> wrote:
> Is it possible to store some external plugins and features in some other
> folder than $ECLIPSE_HOME and then tell Eclipse at startup where to look
> for those external plugins and features?

This comes up every second day :)

make a subdir 'links' into $ECLIPSE_HOME and put a file abc.links
(where abc is what you like. You can also add more than one file...)
in there with the content
path=[r |rw ]/absolute/path/to/another/eclipse/site

'r ' and 'rw ' are optional and will let this site be read/only or
read/writeable. Default is nothing and will default to r/w.
The 'site' will need a subdir eclipse, wherin you can add you
plugins and features folders (like $ECLIPSE_HOME)...

Also, there is a patch (I keep advertising it... :) for adding
'sites' during startup via a commandline parameter 8usefull, when
you don't have writee access to all sites: Unix systems):
http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=36101

Jan

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