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Re: [cdt-dev] Distributing a version of Eclipse CDT IDE with the refactoring installed
Where did you put your refactoring code? Is in under org.eclipse.cdt.ui project that you obtained by cloning the Git repository? Or did you create a separate project? If your not sure, you can Right-click on your Java file, Properties. In the Resource page, the Path will look like /org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/CRefactoring.java, as an example. The first part is the project name.

If it's inside a CDT project, since there is already a p2 site defined, you just have to build it using Maven.

Otherwise, if it's in your own project, you can create a p2 update site for your new project. There are multiple ways:
1. First, create a feature that will contain your plugin using File > New > Plug-in Development > Feature project.
2. Open the feature.xml. Under the Plugins tab, click the Add button and add your plugin.
Using Deploy:
3a. With the feature.xml still opened, click on the top-right icon that says "Export as a deployable feature".
4a. Select your feature in the list. Enter a directory where the output will be. Make sure in the Options tab that "Generate a p2 repository" is checked
5a. In your Eclipse, use Help > Install new software. Click Add, Local... then browse for the folder where the p2 update site was generated. Click OK. Make sure the "Group items by category" in unchecked in the bottom if it says "There are no categorized items". You should see your feature and should be able to install it.
Creating your own update site manually:
3b. Create an update site using File > New > Plug-in Development > Feature project
4b. Click add feature and choose your feature.
5b. Click the Build All button. After completed you should see more files under your update site project (features, plugins, etc).
6b. In your Eclipse, use Help > Install new software. Click Add, Local... then browse for the folder where the p2 update site was generated. Click OK. Make sure the "Group items by category" in unchecked in the bottom if it says "There are no categorized items". You should see your feature and should be able to install it.

Hope this helps,
Marc-André

From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Krishna Narasimhan [krishna.nm86@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 23 July 2015 5:52 AM
To: CDT General developers list.
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Distributing a version of Eclipse CDT IDE with the refactoring installed

Actually, I am not if my refactoring is in the cdt.ui.plugin. How do I check that

I was able to do a File->Export and the plugin came out as a jar. I just tried copying that jar into a newly downloaded version of Eclipse, but that did not help. 

Could you please help me with simplifying this process. All I need is an eclipse zipped that runs my plugin. The deadline for the conference is today. 

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Marc-André Laperle <marc-andre.laperle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I assume your refactoring is in the cdt.ui plugin? You can follow the instructions in the getting started page [1] to build the p2 repository which will contain the jar of your modified cdt.ui plugin. There are other ways to export a plugin and create a p2 repository but I think this might be the quickest for you.

[1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Getting_started_with_CDT_development#Building_the_CDT_p2_repository

Hope this helps,
Marc-Andre

From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Krishna Narasimhan [krishna.nm86@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2015 1:23 PM
To: CDT General developers list.
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Distributing a version of Eclipse CDT IDE with the refactoring installed

Is there a step by step on how to create such a plugin and p2 repository. Am so sorry about trivial questions. But am in a tight deadline to fix bugs and would appreciate every help in reducing the technical curve learning.

On Jul 19, 2015 7:20 PM, "Pascal Rapicault" <pascal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Creating a package is not the recommended way to distribute your plugin.
Instead I recommend you to create a p2 repository and make it available at a known URL (a simple websever suffice, or you can use a service like bintray.com), and then you let your users install the plugin directly in Eclipse.

Pascal

On 07/19/2015 06:44 PM, Krishna Narasimhan wrote:

I can do a demo myself. But what if i want to distribute my refactoring so others can test it?

On Jul 19, 2015 6:42 PM, "Sergey Prigogin" <eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The easiest way to do a demo is to run a hosted version of Eclipse using Eclipse Application launch configuration.

-sergey

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Krishna Narasimhan <krishna.nm86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My refactoring is open source and i would love to contribute. But currently its an unpolished prototype. The work is acceoted in the main track of the conference ASE 2015. And i have been requested to make a tool demo. So would like to first get it out of the way before thursday. So is there a way to bundle eclipse cdt with my refactoring installed inside it? Or distribute the refactoring as a plugin that can be easily installed. This would be of great help.

On Jul 19, 2015 5:48 PM, "Sergey Prigogin" <eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If your refactoring is open source, you should probably contribute it to CDT. See https://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/contributing.

-sergey

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:58 AM, Krishna Narasimhan <krishna.nm86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
   I have developed a research refactoring that abstracts copy pasted code. I would like to distribute it as part of an academic submission. Is there a way that I can get a distributable that has my refactoring installed? 

Regards,
Krishna

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