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Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163019]

Tue, 01 August 2006 12:18

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi everybody,

my current version of Eclipse-SDK is Version: 3.2.0, Build id:
I20051102-1600
As this is rather old, I'd like to upgrade to the latest build. The FAQ

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclip se%3F

says

Run the Update Manager, using Help > Software Updates > Find and
Install... >
Search for updates of the currently installed features

But as the comment to that FAQ already notes, this seems not to work (at
least not for me).

Is that a bug? A feature? Maloperation?

Comments and hints are welcome.

Ulrich

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163115 is a reply to message #163019]

Tue, 01 August 2006 16:34

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse4.rizzoweb.com

Ulrich Scholz wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> my current version of Eclipse-SDK is Version: 3.2.0, Build id:
> I20051102-1600
> As this is rather old, I'd like to upgrade to the latest build. The FAQ
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclip se%3F
>
> says
> Run the Update Manager, using Help > Software Updates > Find and
> Install... > Search for updates of the currently installed features
>
> But as the comment to that FAQ already notes, this seems not to work (at
> least not for me).

Update Manager only works for "final" releases - you've got an
integration build there and it will not migrate you to the 3.2 release.
Just go download the release of 3.2 and install that to a new directory
- point it to your existing workspace and you should be good to go.

--
Hope this helps,
Eric

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163222 is a reply to message #163115]

Wed, 02 August 2006 07:59

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

But this way, I have to reinstall all plugins, don't I? And I guess it's
better not to mix workspaces but copy projects (using Eclipse's 3.2 import
projects wizards).

Ulrich

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163228 is a reply to message #163222]

Wed, 02 August 2006 08:04

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Update Manager only works for "final" releases - you've got an integration
build there and it will not migrate you to the 3.2 release.

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163245 is a reply to message #163228]

Wed, 02 August 2006 08:15

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

First of all: Sorry for my last post: I pressed 'post' instead of 'quote'.

Eric, you wrote:

> Update Manager only works for "final" releases - you've got an integration
> build there and it will not migrate you to the 3.2 release.

But I just got this info from Daniel Megert in response to a bug I posted:

> [The final release superseeding your version] is already there, it is called
> R3.2. The next final release will come out around June 2007.

So why does the update manager fail to upgrade to R3.2? Again, my current
version is Version: 3.2.0 Build id: I20051102-1600.

Maybe upgrading fails because I already use a verion of 3.2, just not the
"final" version. Strange.

Ulrich

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163341 is a reply to message #163245]

Wed, 02 August 2006 12:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jefmyers.us.ibm.com

Ulrich,

You're asking it to upgrade a development build of version 3.2 to the
final version 3.2. This is not supported. You'll be able to use the
upgrade manager to upgrade from the final version of 3.2 to version
3.2.1 when that version is released.

Hope this helps,
- Jeff

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #163349 is a reply to message #163245]

Wed, 02 August 2006 12:57

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Ulrich Scholz wrote:

> First of all: Sorry for my last post: I pressed 'post' instead of
> 'quote'.
>
> Eric, you wrote:
>
>> Update Manager only works for "final" releases - you've got an
>> integration build there and it will not migrate you to the 3.2 release.
>
>
> But I just got this info from Daniel Megert in response to a bug I
> posted:
>
>> [The final release superseeding your version] is already there, it is
>> called R3.2. The next final release will come out around June 2007.
>
>
> So why does the update manager fail to upgrade to R3.2? Again, my
> current version is Version: 3.2.0 Build id: I20051102-1600.
> Maybe upgrading fails because I already use a verion of 3.2, just not
> the "final" version. Strange.

Because you do not have a final version and as mentioned before the
update manager only works off final versions (aka release).
To install the release simply download Eclipse SDK R3.2 and unzip it
into an empty directory. Then either add the plug-ins that you added to
your old installation or (better) keep them in a separate location and
use the 'links' directory to point to them (check doc for details).

Dani

>
> Ulrich
>
>
>

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #164201 is a reply to message #163222]

Mon, 07 August 2006 03:31

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

Ulrich Scholz wrote:
> But this way, I have to reinstall all plugins, don't I? And I guess
> it's better not to mix workspaces but copy projects (using Eclipse's 3.2
> import projects wizards).

Plug-ins are, in general, tied to a particular installation (and thus, a
particular version) of Eclipse. You can (and usually should) install
third-party plugins to a separate directory of their own and then you
can refer to them from multiple Eclipse installations. But be aware that
different versions of Eclipse often break existing versions of
third-party plugins, so you would need to upgrade the plugins anyway
when you upgrade your Eclipse.

Hope this helps,
Eric

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Re: Question on upgrading Eclipse [message #164519 is a reply to message #163349]

Tue, 08 August 2006 11:31

Ulrich Scholz

Messages: 25
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Daniel Megert wrote:

> To install the release simply download Eclipse SDK R3.2 and unzip it
> into an empty directory. Then either add the plug-ins that you added to
> your old installation or (better) keep them in a separate location and
> use the 'links' directory to point to them (check doc for details).

I did as advised (at least I think I did) but my old plugins are not found
by the new eclipse version. Could you point me to the relevant
documentation of that feature, I somehow could not find it.

see also
http://www.eclipse.org/newsportal/article.php?id=10387&g roup=eclipse.newcomer#10387

Thank you,

Ulrich

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