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P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1000346]

Mon, 14 January 2013 10:09

Eclipse User

Hello

I am trying to implement a P2 Update in an E4 RCP application. I've been reading the documentation in http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp and this tutorial
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Adding_Self-Update_to_an_RCP_Application but I am unable to get it working.

I have succeded in initializing the repositories, but the UpdateOperation still fails with a NPE because the UpdateOperation can not create the ProvisioningJob. The problem, as it seems to me, is that there is no IProfile in the IProfileRegistry.

Also, profileRegistry.getProfile(IProfileRegistry.SELF) returns NULL.

I have been unable to find documentation on how to initialize the SELF profile.

Any help or pointer is very welcome.

Greetings
Christoph

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1000749 is a reply to message #1000346]

Tue, 15 January 2013 06:32

Eclipse User

How are you building your app? The p2 profile is created when provisioning the application.

Brian.

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1000751 is a reply to message #1000749]

Tue, 15 January 2013 06:34

Eclipse User

Hi Brian

I am using PDE to build the application with a product definition (Eclipse Product export wizard).

Greetings
Christoph

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1000797 is a reply to message #1000751]

Tue, 15 January 2013 07:53

Eclipse User

Have you enabled the "Generate metadata repository" option? I'm don't remember if the PDE Export Product Wizard produces an updateable product but this option ensures that it will produce a p2 repository containing the product from which you can materialize an update able product using the "p2 director".

I highly recommend that you look to setting up a headless build, such as Tycho or Buckminister.

Brian.

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1000806 is a reply to message #1000797]

Tue, 15 January 2013 07:58

Eclipse User

On 01/15/2013 01:53 PM, Brian de Alwis wrote:
> Have you enabled the "Generate metadata repository" option? I'm don't
> remember if the PDE Export Product Wizard produces an updateable product
> but this option ensures that it will produce a p2 repository containing
> the product from which you can materialize an update able product using
> the "p2 director".
>
> I highly recommend that you look to setting up a headless build, such as
> Tycho or Buckminister.

With this respect, I recently published a tutorial for building RCP
Applications (with update functionalities) with Buckminster (in the IDE
and headless):

http://www.lorenzobettini.it/2013/01/building-an-eclipse-rcp-product-with-buckminster/

hope this helps
cheers
Lorenzo

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Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DI, Univ. Torino
HOME: http://www.lorenzobettini.it

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1002442 is a reply to message #1000806]

Fri, 18 January 2013 10:35

Eclipse User

@Brain, @Lorenzo: Thank you very much for the help!

I set up a build with buckminster following lorenzos blog and I now have a p2 profile in my exportet rcp application.

Now I can continue with the miore complicated features, I need to implement-
Does anyone have an idea on how to get p2 to work when debugging from the IDE?

Greetings
Christoph

Re: P2 Update in E4 RCP Application [message #1002507 is a reply to message #1002442]

Fri, 18 January 2013 13:22

Eclipse User

Christoph -- there's a setting under the '"Configuration" tab (from memory) called "Support software installation" that will spoof up a p2 profile. But for real debugging you'll need to run your app standalone and attach using the remote debugging facilities.

Brian.

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