Re: [epp-dev] how to use org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director to update eclip

[Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mickael,

On 01/08/17 15:14, Mickael Istria wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jelledejong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     So I tried to do this with org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director but it
>     fails because the ids are already there.
>     See: https://paste.debian.net/plainh/5dc593a8
>     <https://paste.debian.net/plainh/5dc593a8>
>
>
>
> To update an installation unit, you have to uninstall and install it in
> the same p2 director command:
>   ./eclipse -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.directory -repository
> http://my/repo -uninstallIU to.update.ui -installIU to.update.iu
>
>     How can I use org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director to update an installed
>     eclipse installation so it is fully up to date and I can use the
>     commandline with ansible to manage all my eclipse workstations nicely.
>
>
> The part of code that checks the "available sites", compare the content
> with the IDE installation to evaluate what can be updated is internal to
> p2 and isn't included in the p2.director or any other command-line
> application AFAIK. So you'll most likely have to implement this is your
> own Eclipse (command-line) application if you need it. If you do so,
> please consider contributing it back to p2 as ir's an interesting story.

Thank you! I used ...

    -uninstallIU org.eclipse.mylyn_feature.feature.group \
    -installIU org.eclipse.mylyn_feature.feature.group \
    -uninstallIU org.eclipse.mylyn.bugzilla_feature.feature.group \
    -installIU org.eclipse.mylyn.bugzilla_feature.feature.group \
    -uninstallIU org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext_feature.feature.group \
    -installIU org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext_feature.feature.group"
...

And it worked!

Also eclipse shows no more updates needed. To bad there is no auto 
update command.

Lets see how long this goes well in productions :)

Kind regards,

Jelle de Jong