Bug 537455 - Installed plugins do not show in preferences and are unavailable to use
Summary: Installed plugins do not show in preferences and are unavailable to use
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 4.7.0 Oxygen   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Keywords: needinfo
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Reported: 2018-07-27 17:18 EDT by Linus Kamb CLA
Modified: 2020-02-17 04:19 EST (History)
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2018-07-27 17:18 EDT, Linus Kamb CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Linus Kamb CLA 2018-07-27 17:18:30 EDT 
Created attachment 275169 [details]
Showing installed software

I have installed two plugins, PyDev and TestNG, tried both through Marketplace as well as going directly to plugin update site, but they do not appear in the Preferences panel and are unavailable for use.

They both appear in the Eclipse Installation Details Installed Software list, but neither appear in the Plugins list.

I am unable to create a new TestNG test case, or add the Python builder to a python project.  When I open a python file, I get a message saying editors are available in Marketplace, and if I go there, it lists available Python editors, including PyDev, which it notes as Installed.  But there is no editor to associate.
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2018-07-28 09:40:00 EDT 
Please provide steps to reproduce.
Comment 2 Nitin Dahyabhai CLA 2018-08-27 22:46:31 EDT 
Do you have a General>Capabilities preference page, and are PyDev and TestNG disabled on there?
Comment 3 Ed Merks CLA 2020-02-17 04:19:46 EST 
We can't fix problems we can't reproduce.  It may well be the case that these external plugins do not properly specify version ranges and although install correctly are not able to start properly from some reason.  Likely those reasons will appear in the Error Log view.