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Anand
Anand

Reputation: 2359

Install eclipse p2 sites automatically?

My requirement is 

1. Take a bare eclipse installation (runtime platform)
2. Install a p2 update site-A
3. Install a p2 update site-B
4. Install a p2 update site-C
5. Run some basic test on this eclipse application.

Installing p2 update site is a nightmare! It takes lot of time and fails very frequently with validations.

Is there any automated way using which we can install all p2 sites automatically?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (1)

Peter Kirschner
Peter Kirschner

Reputation: 927

You can use the Eclipse p2 director for headless installations or de-installations. If you have an existing eclipse installation (done via p2), you can use it to install or de-install IUs.

Make sure to use proper profile name e.g. SDKprofile for eclipse IDE. Another hurdle is to amend ".feature.group" to the feature ID , if you install a feature.

<eclipseSDK>\eclipsec.exe
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director
   -repository <update-site-A>
   -tag addingSiteA
   -destination <bare-eclipse-installation>
   -profile SDKProfile
   -installIU <container.IU.feature.group>

Same thing for the other sites. If you have no give a comma separated list of IUs you want to install.

Upvotes: 1

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