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Where is the Eclipse 4.2/3.8 Platform SDK download? [message #892597]

Thu, 28 June 2012 16:48

Steven Darnell

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Registered: November 2010

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The Platform SDK download links for Eclipse 4.2 and 3.8 are missing from their
download pages. The page templates have a broken link for the Platform SDK.

http: //download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.2-201206081400/
http: //download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.8-201206081200/

The SDKs for Eclipse, RCP, JDT, and PDE are available. The last available
Platform SDK was for 4.2/3.8M6. Where did it go? Can I get the Platform SDK distribution from another source?

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Re: Where is the Eclipse 4.2/3.8 Platform SDK download? [message #892614 is a reply to message #892597]

Thu, 28 June 2012 17:48

Paul Webster

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

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The platform runtime binary (a running Resource perspective with no JDT or PDE) is still there, but the Platform SDK (runtime and source) was removed.

See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=374436#c8

PW

Paul Webster
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Re: Where is the Eclipse 4.2/3.8 Platform SDK download? [message #892616 is a reply to message #892614]

Thu, 28 June 2012 18:06

Steven Darnell

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Registered: November 2010

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@Paul, Thanks for clarifying the situation. Would you be able to elaborate on obtaining the "old Platform SDK" from the p2 repository mentioned by John Arthorne in Bug 374436 Comment 8? I am unclear on the steps I need to perform to install the Platform SDK into the Platform Runtime Binary.

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Re: Where is the Eclipse 4.2/3.8 Platform SDK download? [message #892621 is a reply to message #892616]

Thu, 28 June 2012 18:50

David Williams

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Registered: July 2009

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Using p2 director app is one way to get "platform sdk".

http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html

Specifically, after installing platform runtime, you'd execute something like

./eclipse \
    -nosplash \
    -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
    -repository http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/ \
    -installIU org.eclipse.platform.sdk

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Re: Where is the Eclipse 4.2/3.8 Platform SDK download? [message #892623 is a reply to message #892616]

Thu, 28 June 2012 18:55

Paul Webster

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

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Once you have a binary platform installed or deployed, you can use the included director:

eclipse/eclipse \
-application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
-noSplash \
-repository \
http://www.eclipse.org/external/eclipse/updates/3.8 \
-installIUs \
org.eclipse.platform.sdk

The same IU can be used to mirror the platform SDK to a target platform.

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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