[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: How to keep an all-in-one up to date?

[Nick Boldt <nickboldt+eclipse+newsgroup@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wikified.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/FAQ#How_do_I_update_PDT.3F

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Cheers,

Nick

sNop wrote:
> Nick Boldt napsal(a):
> > You have a few options.
> >
> > a) Each time a new, updated all-in-one is made available, download it,
> > unpack it, and point it at your existing workspace. Simple,
> > self-contained, and no updating required. (Note that anything else
> > you've installed into your Eclipse, like for debugging or other
> > scripting support, will need to be reinstalled.)
> >
> > b) From an existing installed all-in-one, load up the update site you
> > like best (interim, milestones, or releases -- see
> > http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/updates/ for the list) and install updates
> > into your existing Eclipse. Restart when prompted.
> >
> > c) Download a new, updated Update site zip. Unpack it. From an existing
> > installed all-in-one, use the Install Manager to install the new plugins
> > from the unpacked local update site. Restart when prompted.
> >
> > d) Download a new, updated SDK or runtime zip. Unpack it into your
> > existing Eclipse's dropins folder, eg., ~/eclipse/dropins/. Restart
> > eclipse with the -clean flag, and be prepared to wait a bit as it finds
> > the new dropins and loads them. (The purists might say that you should
> > remove the old stuff in dropins/eclipse/plugins/*pdt* and
> > dropins/eclipse/features/*pdt*, but you don't strictly have to.)
> >
> > Bear in mind that you cannot update from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0, but you can
> > move from 2.0.0 to 2.0.x. This is because 2.1.0 requires Eclipse 3.5,
> > whereas 2.0.x require Eclipse 3.4. If you're simply replacing one
> > all-in-one with another (option (a)) then you can move from 2.0 to 2.1
> > because the all-in-ones also include the correct version of Eclipse.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Nick
>
> You wrote it very good, could you copy&paste to the PDT's wiki ? I think that is good
> source of the informations how to update PDT and what is most important is that you
> described all possibilies how to update ;)
>
> thank you

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