| How to install Eclipse plug-in? [message #198595] |
Thu, 08 March 2007 10:56  |
Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: vincent_kwinsey.yahoo.com
Hi,
till now I though that this is easy - download the plugin, uzip in and
then: put login directory in Eclipse/plugins and features directory in
Eclipse/feature (there is no places where to put plugin licenses that are
out of /plugins or /features...) and restart Eclipse - but now I have
observed that already in several cases (specifically fro BPEL and UML -
which I am most eager for) this doesn't work. There is new project types
and example project types in new project wizard, but when I am starting on
then error message:
The selectes wizard could not be started. Reason: Plug-in ... was unable
to load class ...Wizard
So - what I am doing wrong?
I have read 2 advices for plugin installation up to now (in forums outside
eclipse.org site):
1) restart of Eclipse should be done by command 'eclipse -clean';
2) one shouldn't copy features but let Eclipse to create one for itself
automatically
Are they appropriate?
My problem is that mostly I am not using Eclipse Help->Software
updates->Find and Install... instead I am simply downlading plugin binary
zip-packages and I am trying them to install offline manually - so - is
any advice how to do this right?
Thanks advice in adavance!!
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| Re: How to install Eclipse plug-in? [message #198658 is a reply to message #198618] |
Thu, 08 March 2007 18:11  |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com
Walter Harley wrote:
> "Vincent" <vincent_kwinsey@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ff8417cd50159caa79dccac86e96cdec$1@www.eclipse.org...
>> Hi,
>>
>> till now I though that this is easy - download the plugin, uzip in and
>> then: put login directory in Eclipse/plugins and features directory in
>> Eclipse/feature (there is no places where to put plugin licenses that are
>> out of /plugins or /features...) and restart Eclipse - but now I have
>> observed that already in several cases (specifically fro BPEL and UML -
>> which I am most eager for) this doesn't work. There is new project types
>> and example project types in new project wizard, but when I am starting on
>> then error message:
>>
>> The selectes wizard could not be started. Reason: Plug-in ... was unable
>> to load class ...Wizard
>>
>> So - what I am doing wrong? [...]
>
> It sounds like the features you're installing depend on other features, that
> you may not yet have installed. If you're not using the upgrade manager,
> you may have to search around on the web site (etc.) of where you got the
> feature, to see what it requires.
Check the file <workspace>/.metadata/.log to see if there are any error
reported that point to a prerequisite requirement.
Is there any reason you're not using the Update Manager?
One more thing: some plugins don't have much or any UI on their own. For
example, the Eclipse UML2 plugin is, IIRC, just infrastructure; it is
the UML2 Tools plugin that adds the UI.
You can use Help > About... > Plug-In Details... to see a list of the
plugins that are active. And you can use Help > Software Updates >
Manage Configuration to enable/disable them.
Hope this helps,
Eric
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