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How do I download Plugins outside of the Eclipse IDE? [message #1796023]

Thu, 04 October 2018 09:00

p c

Messages: 1
Registered: October 2018

Junior Member

Hi
In my org I use Eclipse but access to Marketplace is locked down as a risk behind the firewall. In the past a selection of common plugins were downloaded by an admin, scanned, sign off and stored in a shared area as zip files for us to pick up as needed to avoid unmonitored downloading of content within the network. I would like to upgrade to a later version of Eclipse. Is there anyway plugins can be downloaded from Marketplace outside the Eclipse IDE, as a zip or file bundle without having to use the Eclipse Marketplace link in the IDE?
I need to be able to download a standalone plugin package and be able to manually install it in my eclipse ide as an archive through the install new software wizard. Is this possible?

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Re: How do I download Plugins outside of the Eclipse IDE? [message #1796092 is a reply to message #1796023]

Fri, 05 October 2018 03:50

Nitin Dahyabhai

Messages: 4435
Registered: July 2009

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That's going to vary solution by solution, unfortunately. Some won't provide a downloadable update site. You can try following the support link for the particular solution.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: How do I download Plugins outside of the Eclipse IDE? [message #1796097 is a reply to message #1796092]

Fri, 05 October 2018 06:12

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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A very general approach that works even if no update site zip is provided is to mirror the repository.

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Repository_Mirroring

E.g., I have this utility bash script for that purpose:

#!/bin/sh

eclipse="/d/sandbox/oomph-master/eclipse/eclipse.exe"

if [[ $# != 2 ]]; then
  echo "mirror-eclipse <source-URL> <targetURL>"
else
 $eclipse -nosplash -verbose \
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.mirrorApplication \
   -source $1 \
   -destination $2
 $eclipse -nosplash -verbose \
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.mirrorApplication \
   -source $1 \
   -destination $2
fi

exit

Every Eclipse installation includes the mirror application, so in this script I have hard coded one installation to use, and I can pass that script a URL of the p2 update site to mirror (both the artifacts and the metadata) and a URL (file:/...) pointing at a local disk folder where I want the results to end up. This result you can either use directly with the same file:/ URL pointing at your local file system, or you could zip it and point at the zip.

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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