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How can I uninstall old features/plugins? [message #295584]

Sat, 03 December 2005 06:29

Eclipse User

Hi everyone,

I have several features or plugins in my Help/Software Updates/Manage
Configuration dialog that are disabled, but cannot be uninstalled
(uninstall context menu entry is ghosted). How can I uninstall these
relicts from the past?

The most prominent example would be:

Eclipse Project SDK 3.1.0 (has been superseeded with 3.1.1, but cannot
be uninstalled)

Best regards,

Andreas

Re: How can I uninstall old features/plugins? [message #295652 is a reply to message #295584]

Mon, 05 December 2005 06:19

Eclipse User

When this happens,

I simply backup eclipse directory and delete the plugins and related
features manually.

it works,
H.Ceylan

Andreas Schildbach wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have several features or plugins in my Help/Software Updates/Manage
> Configuration dialog that are disabled, but cannot be uninstalled
> (uninstall context menu entry is ghosted). How can I uninstall these
> relicts from the past?
>
> The most prominent example would be:
>
> Eclipse Project SDK 3.1.0 (has been superseeded with 3.1.1, but cannot
> be uninstalled)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andreas

Re: How can I uninstall old features/plugins? [message #295683 is a reply to message #295652]

Mon, 05 December 2005 13:46

Eclipse User

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

BTW: It happens because they weren't installed using the update manager
OR a -clean had been done. The update manager will only allow deletion
of features that it had installed itself. Those that are unzipped on top
are not considered installed by the update manager.

--
Thanks,
Rich Kulp

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