Another way to install plugins for Eclipse

    Usually plugins for Eclipse are easy to install - they are copied to the folder with Eclipse. But this method is not very convenient, because It’s not very easy to manage plugin versions. And the folder is cluttered when installing the new version. So, I propose the following method based on links (links).

    For example, to install the SQL Exporer plan for Eclipse, you need to unzip the archive received from the site into any folder, say sqle, preserving the folder hierarchy, just as you would with the usual installation method. As a result, you should have the following:



    Then, in the folder with the installed Eclipse IDE, create the links folder. In this folder we create a file with an arbitrary name (of course, it is better that the file carries some kind of semantic load, for example, sqlexplorer.link), and in this file we write the following

    path = d: / Program Files / Eclipse / sqle

    or the path where you unpacked the archive from the site ...

    I draw your attention to the fact that it is a direct (thanks to jctim ) slash ...

    And we check the successful installation Help-> About Eclipse-> Plug-in Details



    Or Help-> Software Updates-> Manage Configuration



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