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'links' directory and plugin locations [message #163827]

Fri, 04 August 2006 10:14

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Dear all,

in another question I got the advise to install a new version of eclipse
(R3.2). I also was told to use the 'links' directory as mechanism to use
my old plugins without need to reinsall or copy them by hand.

> To install the release simply download Eclipse SDK R3.2 and unzip it into an
> empty directory. Then either add the plug-ins that you added to your old
> installation or (better) keep them in a separate location and use the
'links'
> directory to point to them (check doc for details).

Now I did as advised (at least I think I did) but my old plugins are not
found by the new eclipse version. Could you point me to the relevant
documentation of that feature, I somehow could not find it.

Thank you,

Ulrich

My configuration:

the old eclipse version has the path:
/home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3

the new version:
/home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk

my directory /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk/links looks
like this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 scholzuh pmem 44 2006-08-03 10:25 eclipse-sdk_3.2M3.link

The file eclipse-sdk_3.2M3.link contains the single line

path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3

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Re: 'links' directory and plugin locations [message #164008 is a reply to message #163827]

Sat, 05 August 2006 16:09

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: cesar_olavo.hotmail.com

Try path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/

Cesar
"Ulrich Scholz" <d4@thispla.net> a

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Re: 'links' directory and plugin locations [message #164464 is a reply to message #164008]

Tue, 08 August 2006 08:24

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Cesar, thank you for your answer.

cesar wrote:

> Try path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/

But in
/home/scholzuh/Tools/
I have several versions of Eclipse:

> My configuration:
>
> the old eclipse version has the path:
> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3
>
> the new version:
> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk

How can Eclipse find the right plugin directory with the information that
you suggested?
path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/

Ulrich

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Re: 'links' directory and plugin locations [message #164737 is a reply to message #164464]

Wed, 09 August 2006 09:28

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Ulrich Scholz wrote:

> Cesar, thank you for your answer.
>
> cesar wrote:
>
>> Try path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/
>
>
> But in /home/scholzuh/Tools/ I have several versions of Eclipse:

That's not the idea of the link feature. You need to
1. have an Eclipse install (of version x)
2. in that install add a 'links' folder ==> eclipse/links
3. in that 'links' folder add file(s) that point to additional (tools /
features / plug-ins) install locations, e.g.
path=C:/eclipse/customPlugins
4. under each extra location you can add your additional stuff that
supports version x
NOTE: yo cannot directly put the plug-ins there but must adhere to
the official folder structure, e.g.
C:/eclipse/customPlugins/eclipse/plugins/<someplugin>
You can repeat above steps for all your Eclipse installs that are
supported by the additional stuff.

HTH
Dani

>
>> My configuration:
>>
>> the old eclipse version has the path:
>> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3
>>
>> the new version:
>> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk
>
>
> How can Eclipse find the right plugin directory with the information
> that you suggested?
> path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/
>
> Ulrich
>

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