[m2e-users] Building PDE Projects using Tycho automatically

[PIYUSH BAJAJ <bishups@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Experts,

I have a use case in which a plug-in project (PDE) needs to be build using maven.

I am following these steps:

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1. Created a simple plug-in project

2. Ran following command to generate pom.xml :

mvn org.sonatype.tycho:maven-tycho-plugin:generate-poms -DgroupId=tychodemo.grp -Dtycho.targetPlatform=C:/Work/IDEs/eclipse-jpaas-indogo-sr1-win64/

Build success. Pom created using the above command.

3. Ran following command for installation:

mvn clean install

Build Failed, [ERROR] Unknown packaging: eclipse-plugin @ line 8, column 14 : Added Tycho related build in pom.xml (manually)

This manual add was required since eclipse-plugin is not known to maven, and tycho being an extension of maven knows about it.

<properties>

        <tycho-version>0.13.0</tycho-version>

     </properties>

  

     <build>

        <plugins>

           <plugin>

              <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>

              <artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>

              <version>${tycho-version}</version>

              <extensions>true</extensions>

           </plugin>

        </plugins>

   </build>

Using reference : http://wiki.eclipse.org/Tycho/Reference_Card

4. Ran following command : 

mvn clean install -Dtycho.targetPlatform=C:/Work/IDEs/eclipse-jpaas-indogo-sr1-win64/

Build Success.

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Now the build is done, is there a possibility I can eliminate the manual step of adding tycho related tags in 

pom.xml as in step 3 above, and the complete build is achieved by just commands?

Please let me know if you need more information.

Any help is appreciated.

Is there any Tycho Users list where i can post this question?

Thanks & Regards,

Piyush