| Re: Ganymede: Platform Plugin Developer Guide? [message #2121] |
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09 |
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Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com
Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>> John J Barton wrote:
>>> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>>>> John J Barton wrote:
>>>>> I can't find the Platform Plugin Developer Guide in Ganymede. It
>>>>> has the PDE Guide, but not the other one. Do I need to do
>>>>> something to make it visible?
>>>>
>>>> As with your earlier issue in getting the Eclipse SDK source, I
>>>> think the problem is that you installed a build that does not
>>>> include the full PDE suite (which would include both the source
>>>> plugins and the Platform Plugin Developer Guide). I am running the
>>>> 3.4M6 build of the "Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers" package from
>>>> http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and it has both source and the guide.
>>>> I suggest you install that package, create a new workspace using it,
>>>> and import your preferences and projects.
>>>
>>> Thanks, but I need WTP for my work, which isn't in the other package.
>>> I just wonder if the omission of the Platform Guide is a bug in
>>> ganymede J2EE, given that they have PDE?
>>
>> I think you're just misinterpreting what is included in the JEE
>> package. It does include the org.eclipse.pde feature, but that is not
>> the full SDK (the one that includes everything you'd want in order to
>> do plugin and/or RCP development). I think the feature you really need
>> for that is org.eclipse.sdk.
>> I'm not sure why the JEE package even includes the PDE feature; I'd
>> suggest that question be asked on the eclipse.technology.packaging
>> newsgroup (which I've copied to this response).
>>
>> The other thing I think you are missing is that the packages are just
>> a starting point - a convenient collection of features for specific
>> usage profiles. You can always add more features to your installation
>> using the Update Manager (Eclipse < 3.4M6) or the p2 UI (Eclipse 3.4M6
>> and up).
>> Here's the wiki page bout how to use the p2 UI:
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Update_UI_Users_Guide
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>> I think that by default p2 will find the SDK/PDE features: look for
>> "Eclipse Project SDK" and "Eclipse Platform Plug-in Developer
>> Resources" and "Eclipse PDE Plug-in Developer Resources" in the
>> "Available Features" list.
>
> Looks like I was wrong - I installed the Java Development package but p2
> does not show any of the PDE features as available. I'm copying the PDE
> newsgroup in the hopes that they can point to a URL to drop into the p2
> site manager that will allow easy installation of the PDE features for
> Ganymede builds.
>
> Eric
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