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| Re: Running Eclipse 3.4M6 with "-configuration" [message #326862 is a reply to message #326830] |
Wed, 02 April 2008 09:21   |
 Roman Porotnikov
Messages: 18
Registered: July 2009 |
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Dropins are great, but still: how can I specify different configurations
based on same Eclipse install?
Say, every morning I want Eclipse with Mylyn and every night I'd like to
launch Eclipse with EMF but without Mylyn (for whatever reason).
I used to call something like
eclipse -configuration configs/with_mylyn
or
eclipse -configuration configs/emf_no_mylyn
respectively.
Now it doesnot work.
Matthew Hall wrote:
> See:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started#Dropins
>
> Matthew
>
> Roman Porotnikov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Prior to Eclipse 3.4M6, I used to run
>>
>> eclipse -configuration [path_to_my_configuration]
>>
>> to use several configurations with the same Eclipse install.
>>
>> Also I was able to set path_to_my_configuration to an empty (or even
>> missing) directory, and everything was auto-created.
>>
>> It is no longer the case with 3.4M6...
>>
>> I tried to copy the default "configuration" directory to another
>> place, then put a copy of "p2" nearby (because I discovered a
>> reference "eclipse.p2.data.area=@config.dir/../p2" in config.ini).
>>
>> Eclipse started normally, and the new update manager says it expects
>> dropins dir at the same location as configuration dir.
>>
>> So, I added "dropins" at the same level and put some update site
>> archives there.
>>
>> Eclipse started normally again, and dropins are displayed by the
>> update manager... but they don't work! Nothing of their functionality
>> appears. I even tried to "install" them through the update manager
>> although I already saw them added - it doesnot help.
>>
>> So, the question is: what is the correct way to specify an alternate
>> configuration location via Eclipse 3.4M6 command line and what
>> preparation are required?
>>
>> ~
>> Roman
>>
>>
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| Re: Running Eclipse 3.4M6 with "-configuration" [message #326863 is a reply to message #326862] |
Wed, 02 April 2008 09:27 |
Roman Porotnikov
Messages: 18
Registered: July 2009 |
Junior Member |
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To make things more clear, before 3.4M6 I used to put separate
plugin/feature sets to separate extension locations, say one for Mylyn
and another for EMF, and then added them with "Add extension location"
in plug-in manager, so my configurations resulted in different plug-in sets.
Roman Porotnikov wrote:
> Dropins are great, but still: how can I specify different configurations
> based on same Eclipse install?
>
> Say, every morning I want Eclipse with Mylyn and every night I'd like to
> launch Eclipse with EMF but without Mylyn (for whatever reason).
>
> I used to call something like
>
> eclipse -configuration configs/with_mylyn
>
> or
>
> eclipse -configuration configs/emf_no_mylyn
>
> respectively.
>
> Now it doesnot work.
>
>
> Matthew Hall wrote:
>> See:
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started#Dropins
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> Roman Porotnikov wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Prior to Eclipse 3.4M6, I used to run
>>>
>>> eclipse -configuration [path_to_my_configuration]
>>>
>>> to use several configurations with the same Eclipse install.
>>>
>>> Also I was able to set path_to_my_configuration to an empty (or even
>>> missing) directory, and everything was auto-created.
>>>
>>> It is no longer the case with 3.4M6...
>>>
>>> I tried to copy the default "configuration" directory to another
>>> place, then put a copy of "p2" nearby (because I discovered a
>>> reference "eclipse.p2.data.area=@config.dir/../p2" in config.ini).
>>>
>>> Eclipse started normally, and the new update manager says it expects
>>> dropins dir at the same location as configuration dir.
>>>
>>> So, I added "dropins" at the same level and put some update site
>>> archives there.
>>>
>>> Eclipse started normally again, and dropins are displayed by the
>>> update manager... but they don't work! Nothing of their functionality
>>> appears. I even tried to "install" them through the update manager
>>> although I already saw them added - it doesnot help.
>>>
>>> So, the question is: what is the correct way to specify an alternate
>>> configuration location via Eclipse 3.4M6 command line and what
>>> preparation are required?
>>>
>>> ~
>>> Roman
>>>
>>>
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| Re: Running Eclipse 3.4M6 with "-configuration" [message #327020 is a reply to message #326863] |
Fri, 04 April 2008 20:42 |
Marco Lehmann-Mörz
Messages: 53
Registered: July 2009 |
Member |
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Hi all,
I experienced the same problems. I work in different projects with
different sets of features in the same way as Roman described.
My operation system is Windows XP.
Before 3.4M6 everything worked fine.
I tried different solutions:
1. Make the install read-only
Doesn't help, because eclipse writes its configuration in a directory
besides the eclipse.exe whether I specified -configuration or not.
2. Copy eclipse.exe and eclipse.ini besides the new configuration
Doesn't help, because eclipse can't find any plugin.
2.1 Same as 2, except modify eclipse.ini with a better location for its
plugins
Doesn't help, for reasons I can't remember.
3. Use the p2 installer for shared install
Experiment not finished yet.
I am an experienced eclipse power user and I normally know what I do.
That's why, solution 3 is not really an option in the future.
When I specify a different (but valid) configuration area, eclipse
should not write any data besides its plugins directory in a newly
created configuration directory.
CU,
Marco
Roman Porotnikov schrieb:
> To make things more clear, before 3.4M6 I used to put separate
> plugin/feature sets to separate extension locations, say one for Mylyn
> and another for EMF, and then added them with "Add extension location"
> in plug-in manager, so my configurations resulted in different plug-in
> sets.
>
> Roman Porotnikov wrote:
>> Dropins are great, but still: how can I specify different
>> configurations based on same Eclipse install?
>>
>> Say, every morning I want Eclipse with Mylyn and every night I'd like
>> to launch Eclipse with EMF but without Mylyn (for whatever reason).
>>
>> I used to call something like
>>
>> eclipse -configuration configs/with_mylyn
>>
>> or
>>
>> eclipse -configuration configs/emf_no_mylyn
>>
>> respectively.
>>
>> Now it doesnot work.
>>
>>
>> Matthew Hall wrote:
>>> See:
>>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started#Dropins
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> Roman Porotnikov wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Prior to Eclipse 3.4M6, I used to run
>>>>
>>>> eclipse -configuration [path_to_my_configuration]
>>>>
>>>> to use several configurations with the same Eclipse install.
>>>>
>>>> Also I was able to set path_to_my_configuration to an empty (or even
>>>> missing) directory, and everything was auto-created.
>>>>
>>>> It is no longer the case with 3.4M6...
>>>>
>>>> I tried to copy the default "configuration" directory to another
>>>> place, then put a copy of "p2" nearby (because I discovered a
>>>> reference "eclipse.p2.data.area=@config.dir/../p2" in config.ini).
>>>>
>>>> Eclipse started normally, and the new update manager says it expects
>>>> dropins dir at the same location as configuration dir.
>>>>
>>>> So, I added "dropins" at the same level and put some update site
>>>> archives there.
>>>>
>>>> Eclipse started normally again, and dropins are displayed by the
>>>> update manager... but they don't work! Nothing of their
>>>> functionality appears. I even tried to "install" them through the
>>>> update manager although I already saw them added - it doesnot help.
>>>>
>>>> So, the question is: what is the correct way to specify an alternate
>>>> configuration location via Eclipse 3.4M6 command line and what
>>>> preparation are required?
>>>>
>>>> ~
>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>>
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