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Installing new features with 3.x [message #275007]

Tue, 02 November 2004 11:28

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jmordax.terra.es

With Eclipse R2.x I was used to install new features or plugins copying
them via File System into /plugins and /features folders. Then after
restart Eclipse, the features were working. But with Eclipse R3.x it
seems I am forced to go: Help -> Software Updates -> Manage
Configuration... and enable manually the feature.

After some reading about the new OSGi services, it seems that using the
new manifest file it is possible to specify if the feature has to be
enabled automatically. Right? But, is there any way to force that
behavior using just the plugin.xml file?

Thanks in advance,

Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275014 is a reply to message #275007]

Tue, 02 November 2004 13:54

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jmordax.terra.es

Chemi wrote:

> With Eclipse R2.x I was used to install new features or plugins
> copying them via File System into /plugins and /features folders. Then
> after restart Eclipse, the features were working. But with Eclipse
> R3.x it seems I am forced to go: Help -> Software Updates -> Manage
> Configuration... and enable manually the feature.
>
> After some reading about the new OSGi services, it seems that using
> the new manifest file it is possible to specify if the feature has to
> be enabled automatically. Right? But, is there any way to force that
> behavior using just the plugin.xml file?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chemi.

Funny... i did the same test on Linux with 3.x (GTK and Motif) and the
plugins are up and running but the feature appears disabled. ¿?¿? Does
it make sense?

Thanks in advance,

Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275015 is a reply to message #275014]

Tue, 02 November 2004 14:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: richkulp.us.NO_SPAM.ibm.com

We always run with -clean option once after physically changing the disk
(features/plugins directories). This is needed because Eclipse caches
registry information and doesn't reread the features/plugins everytime
it starts. The -clean option says throw away the cache and look at what
is out there now. It is the only safe way to make sure eclipse sees the
changes.

--
Thanks,
Rich Kulp

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275016 is a reply to message #275015]

Tue, 02 November 2004 14:23

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jmordax.terra.es

Rich Kulp wrote:

> We always run with -clean option once after physically changing the
> disk (features/plugins directories). This is needed because Eclipse
> caches registry information and doesn't reread the features/plugins
> everytime it starts. The -clean option says throw away the cache and
> look at what is out there now. It is the only safe way to make sure
> eclipse sees the changes.

I have proceeded also with -clean option, but the feature appears
disabled. What can I do to install it enabled by default?

Thanks again,

Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275018 is a reply to message #275016]

Tue, 02 November 2004 14:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: richkulp.us.NO_SPAM.ibm.com

There is something else wrong then. We never had a case where a feature
was initially disabled when we just unzipped it and then used -clean,
other than there was some error like it required a certain version of
another feature and that other feature wasn't present.

--
Thanks,
Rich Kulp

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275075 is a reply to message #275007]

Wed, 03 November 2004 11:02

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dorian.birsan.net

That would only happen on Windows running with a FAT32 file system. The
problem is documented in the README.
So, on FAT32, unzip your features and plugins, and run eclipse with -clean,
as Rich suggested.

-dorian

"Chemi" <jmordax@terra.es> wrote in message news:cm8cj7$li7$1@eclipse.org...
> With Eclipse R2.x I was used to install new features or plugins copying
> them via File System into /plugins and /features folders. Then after
> restart Eclipse, the features were working. But with Eclipse R3.x it
> seems I am forced to go: Help -> Software Updates -> Manage
> Configuration... and enable manually the feature.
>
> After some reading about the new OSGi services, it seems that using the
> new manifest file it is possible to specify if the feature has to be
> enabled automatically. Right? But, is there any way to force that
> behavior using just the plugin.xml file?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275151 is a reply to message #275075]

Thu, 04 November 2004 03:09

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jmordax.terra.es

dorian birsan wrote:

>That would only happen on Windows running with a FAT32 file system. The
>problem is documented in the README.
>So, on FAT32, unzip your features and plugins, and run eclipse with -clean,
>as Rich suggested.
>
>-dorian
>
Which README? I did a search within my installation and there are many...

Thanks,

Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275184 is a reply to message #275151]

Thu, 04 November 2004 10:46

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dorian.birsan.net

"Chemi" <jmordax@terra.es> wrote in message news:cmco3f$5ot$1@eclipse.org...
> dorian birsan wrote:
>
> >That would only happen on Windows running with a FAT32 file system. The
> >problem is documented in the README.
> >So, on FAT32, unzip your features and plugins, and run eclipse
with -clean,
> >as Rich suggested.
> >
> >-dorian
> >
> Which README? I did a search within my installation and there are many...

There is only one readme in the Eclipse SDK:
eclipse\readme\readme_eclipse.html

>
> Thanks,
>
> Chemi.

Re: Installing new features with 3.x [message #275186 is a reply to message #275184]

Thu, 04 November 2004 11:00

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jmordax.terra.es

Ups! Sorry. I did a search of any file starting by readm* and there were
tons of them.

Thanks,

Chemi.

dorian birsan wrote:

>There is only one readme in the Eclipse SDK:
>eclipse\readme\readme_eclipse.html
>
>

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