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Honza Pokorny
Honza Pokorny

Reputation: 3235

Multiple installations of Eclipse on Mac OSX

I use Eclipse for everything. Python, Django, GWT, Android... But when you install all the plugins, Eclipse becomes very slow.

Is there a way that I can set it up so that there are two or more icons for Eclipse in the Applications directory, each for specific task?

Thanks

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3744

Answers (1)

billjamesdev
billjamesdev

Reputation: 14640

Developing in Eclipse for the past few years, I've found it's just easier to have several copies of the Eclipse directory, one for each kind of development I do (Android, java app, Grails). It's sometimes cumbersome installing new versions of Eclipse or new versions of the common plugins (Subclipse, etc), but it does make Eclipse start-up MUCH faster.

Simply create another install directory for Eclipse, with another shortcut to it, and only install the plugins you need for that dev environment. I use a different workspace for each one, though I'm not sure that's necessary, as long as you're using the same version of Eclipse for each install.

Upvotes: 7

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