(Solution)
I believe I have solved my issue and it
turns out that it is not entirely a CDT problem. Initially I had installed
Eclipse (Ganymede) on Linux as root. The result was that my user account did
not have permissions to update properly. Rather than indicating this, Eclipse
simply kept trying to install. I changed ownership and group associations on
the eclipse directories and files to my user account and group and obtained a
new Update list. What I didn’t realize before was that the Ganymede
Update Site listing wasn’t there initially. By changing the associations
I was able to select the CDT right off of the Ganymede Update Site and this
certainly made installation easier. I still think there needs to be an update
the CDT FAQ for installation, but at least this turned out to be a simple
permissions problem with Eclipse.
--Jack Gold
BAE Systems
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cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Recoskie
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10:58 AM
To: CDT General developers list.
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] horrified
at new experience
Ummm.... CDT requiring EMF is news to me... although
this is the second time this week I've heard someone say this... I think there
is something going haywire with p2.
Anybody have any idea about this?
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Chris Recoskie
Team Lead, IBM CDT and RDT
IBM Toronto
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First, please
recognize that I am a fan of the CDT and all the work that has been done on it
to date. Unfortunately, I need to send some criticism and I hope you
won’t take it too harshly.
I’ve been using Eclipse
and the CDT for a couple of years now and I have to say that my recent
experience absolutely horrified me. The CDT used to be very simple to install
as it used very few additional frameworks, but now you have incorporated all of
these new modeling frameworks. I understand the need for using these new
frameworks, but there is no indication on the CDT site about the dependencies
and you don’t find out about them until you go to install the CDT. The
last two Eclipse versions had the same problem, but I didn’t see the need
to complain because it was easy enough to find the MDT modules and EMF.
Unfortunately, it’s getting worse. The CDT FAQ refers to installation
instructions that are only as recent as 2004 and don’t indicate any need
for these prerequisite installs. I guarantee you people are walking away from
the CDT and Eclipse C/C++ development as an IDE as a result. Someone really
needs to consider making the installation process easier and an update to the
FAQ is long past due.
Jack Gold
BAE SYSTEMS
450 Pulaski Rd.
MS - 01-59
Greenlawn, NY 11740
ph: (631) 262-8354
jack.gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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