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Vijay Shanker Dubey
Vijay Shanker Dubey

Reputation: 4418

How to update eclipse installation?

I am using Eclipse 3.6, and looking to update the installation to newer release, that is 3.7. Instead of downloading the whole package, can I just perform a update(distribution update)? Is there exists any way to easily achieve this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 426

Answers (2)

mliebelt
mliebelt

Reputation: 15525

I would not recommend that. Eclipse minor versions are more like major versions (updated once a year), so most (if not all) of the plugins are updated in the meantime. There are 2 aspects here:

  • The download time for all of the updated plugins may be higher than the download time for the whole bundle.
  • There is no guarantee that all of the plugins may be upgraded seamlessly. That means that your updated environment may not work well together.

One indication that helps is that each new eclipse release comes with new update sites. My rule of thumb is, that updates are possible with the same update site, but with a complete new version with a new update site, I always install the new release all together.

Upvotes: 5

KBoek
KBoek

Reputation: 5976

Start Eclipse; from the Help menu, choose "Check for Updates". It starts searching for updates - this may take a while, but when finished you can see a list of available updates for Eclipse (including any supported plugins that you installed). Select the update(s) you want to install and click "Next".

Upvotes: 0

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