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Jarvis Yu
Jarvis Yu

Reputation: 7

Can I build an Eclipse RCP Application with some plug-ins in the "dropins" folder?

As mentioned in the title, when I build an Eclipse RCP Application, can I place some plug-ins in the dropins folder ?

Or I could only manually place some plug-ins in the dropins folder after the building is complete ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

The dropins folder is just a temporary location for plug-ins that the Eclipse p2 update system will look at to find new plug-ins to install in the main plugins folder. You can't put anything there during a build.

dropins is intended as a last resort way of installing new plugins - ideally new plug-ins should be installed using "Install New Software" from a properly built update site or repository so dependencies can be checked properly.

Note that if your RCP doesn't include the p2 update system none of this will work.

Upvotes: 1

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