| Newbie: How to install downloaded plug-ins? [message #260438] |
Sat, 10 July 2004 13:53  |
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Originally posted by: alex.iverbi.de
Hi,
I am still on a steep learning curve, exploring Eclipse and some plug-ins I
want to use. I have searched for the following items in the forum and in
the Eclipse online help and other docs, but haven't found anything helpful.
- How can I install a plug-in out of a downloaded zip file from within
Eclipse? Of course, I can uncompress the zip file and drop its content into
the plug-in directory, but I wonder if there is a way to install locally
available zip files using the update/configuration manager of Eclipse 3.0.
I tried to find a way, but didn't get along.
- How can I uninstall a plug-in? I thought I could do this using the
uninstall option in the configuration manager context menu (the one to
enable or disable plug-ins). In fact, there's a menu entry "uninstall", but
it's disabled for SolarEclipse. I've removed entries from several
configuration/XML files, and I deleted the files of this plug-in in the
plugins subdirectory, but I still see it in the configuration manager. It's
disabled, meaning that I should be able to uninstall it --- at least,
that's what the online help says. Or is un-install for features, and not
for plug-ins?
Any hint pointing me to relevant information much appreciated!
Thanks in advanced,
Alex Bär
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| Re: Newbie: How to install downloaded plug-ins? [message #260569 is a reply to message #260490] |
Sun, 11 July 2004 09:57  |
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Originally posted by: alex.iverbi.de
Thanks, Dorian,
I'm almost there, I think.
As I had no .eclipseproduct file, I first re-installed Eclipse 3.0. Now I
have that --- no idea how it went lost....
Following your suggestions I created a directory structure like the one you
describe, copied .eclipseproduct into the new "eclipse" directory, and
renamed it to .eclipseextension.
I unpacked a feature (EMF) and a plug-in (Tomcat plug-in from Sysdeo) into
that folder, and used the Eclipse configuration manager to add the
extension directory tree as a local extension site (forgive me if my
terminology does not yet follow the "official" Eclipse jargon, I'm just
learning). And right after that it looks like EMF was already installed,
while the Tomcat plug-in is not to be seen.
Could it be that the mechanism you describe is suitable for features only,
but no for plain plug-ins?
Thanks again!
Alex
dorian birsan wrote:
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> "Alex B
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| Re: Newbie: How to install downloaded plug-ins? [message #260974 is a reply to message #260899] |
Mon, 12 July 2004 23:15 |
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Originally posted by: dorian.birsan.net
[....]
> > Check what plugins are installed by opening Help > About and select
Plugin
> > Details.
> > You may want to restart eclipse with -console and then type ss to see
what
> > plugins are activated.
> >
> [...]
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> So I did, but only the plugins from the features (like EMF and Lomboz)
were
> there, but no sign of the Tomcat plugin.
Is the Tomcat plugin dependent on some non-existing plugins (like xerces) ?
If so, it will be disabled by the runtime.
You may also want to start eclipse with -clean.
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> Alex
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