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I have downloaded the latest Eclipse (3.6) for my Linux machine (Ubuntu 10.4) and extracted tar.gz to the /opt/eclipse directory as root. I started Eclipse as a normal user and successfully installed some plug-ins through Eclipse. The plug-ins are visible under "Installed software" from Eclipse, but they doesn't seem to be working - no new perspectives that should be there, no features, nothing. Then I looked inside my home folder and found the following directory: .eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1473617060 That directory structure looks similar to the one in the /opt/eclipse (where Eclipse is installed) and has 4 directories inside ("dropins", "configuration", "plugins", "features") and one file ("artifacts.xml"). The "plugins" folder really containts all the plug-ins I have installed. I have already tried to put .link file in "opt/eclipse/dropins" and/or "opt/eclipse/links" directory pointing to the configuration directory in my home directory, but that doesn't seem to be working. So these are the steps to reproduce the problem, in short: 1. Run Eclipse as some user which has no write permissions to installation dir 2. Install plug-ins through Eclipse and restart it (as the same user) 3. Eclipse now shows that those plug-ins are installed. The plugins are indeed located somewhere in the home directory of the user who installed them (~/.eclipse/.../plugins). Problem: plug-ins are somehow ignored.
I'm pretty sure this is the same problem we are seeing in bug 321239. (I know that bug says Windows 7). Can you check a few things for me? 1. In your .eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1473617060 you should have configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator In there, there is a bundles.info file 2. In opt/eclipse/ you should have a configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator In there, there is a bundles.info file Can you upload both of those (maybe call the one in opt/eclipse shared_bundles.info) Also, did you use a specific EPP package? (or the Eclipse classic SDK)? Finally, what plug-in did you try to install. I'm going to bring this issue up at the p2 meeting today.
Created attachment 176190 [details] ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1473617060/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info This is a bundles.info file from the user's home directory which was proposed to be uploaded in the first reply under 1).
Created attachment 176192 [details] /opt/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info This is a bundles.info file from the user's home directory which was proposed to be uploaded in the first reply under 2).
(In reply to comment #1) > I'm pretty sure this is the same problem we are seeing in bug 321239. (I know > that bug says Windows 7). > > Can you check a few things for me? > 1. In your .eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1473617060 you should have > configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator > > In there, there is a bundles.info file > > 2. In opt/eclipse/ you should have a > configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator > > In there, there is a bundles.info file > > Can you upload both of those (maybe call the one in opt/eclipse > shared_bundles.info) Done. > Also, did you use a specific EPP package? (or the Eclipse classic SDK)? > Finally, what plug-in did you try to install. The plug-ins I installed were Subclipse (for integration with SVN) and m2eclipse (for Maven integration). These are the sites I added through p2: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e-extras One easy way to see if those to plug-ins work is to hit "New project" and see the catogories you have; you should definitely have "SVN" because of "Subclipse" and "Maven" because of m2eclipse. Another one is to go to Window->Preferences and check if there are new categories added (for SVN and Maven). I just tried to repeat the same steps which reproduces the bug on another computer (running Ubuntu 9.10) and the same happens. One more thing I forgot to mention in the first post. Those installed plug-ins are not working even if you start Eclipse as a superuser or root and are not even displayed in the list of installed software.
Created attachment 176198 [details] Diff between bundles Here is the diff between the two bundles.info file. Looking through it, I see entries like this: > org.slf4j.api,1.5.11.v20100519-1910,plugins/org.slf4j.api_1.5.11.v20100519-1910.jar,4,false < org.slf4j.api,1.5.11.v20100519-1910,../../home/leden/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1473617060/plugins/org.slf4j.api_1.5.11.v20100519-1910.jar,4,false while these are the "same" bundle (same ID/Version) they are at different locations on the system. I think entries like this are causing the shared install some problems. I also noticed: > javax.mail.glassfish,1.4.1. v201005082020,plugins/javax.mail.glassfish_1.4.1.v201005082020.jar,4,false which means that javax.mail.glassfish was somehow "un-installed" in the local area. This could also be leading to the problem. I think Simon is on vacation right now, but I'll chat with him when he returns. Thank-you uploading this information. I've asked for this on several bug reports (this issue has been reported a few times), and you're the first person to respond.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 322929 ***
