[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: 'links' directory and plugin locations

["cesar" <cesar_olavo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/

Cesar
"Ulrich Scholz" <d4@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news: 
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> Dear all,
>
> in another question I got the advise to install a new version of eclipse 
> (R3.2). I also was told to use the 'links' directory as mechanism to use 
> my old plugins without need to reinsall or copy them by hand.
>
>> To install the release simply download Eclipse SDK R3.2 and unzip it into 
>> an empty directory. Then either add the plug-ins that you added to your 
>> old installation or (better) keep them in a separate location and use the
> 'links'
>> directory to point to them (check doc for details).
>
> Now I did as advised (at least I think I did) but my old plugins are not 
> found by the new eclipse version.  Could you point me to the relevant 
> documentation of that feature, I somehow could not find it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ulrich
>
>
> My configuration:
>
> the old eclipse version has the path:
> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3
>
> the new version:
> /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk
>
>
> my directory /home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk/links looks 
> like this:
>
> -rw-r--r--  1 scholzuh pmem 44 2006-08-03 10:25 eclipse-sdk_3.2M3.link
>
> The file eclipse-sdk_3.2M3.link contains the single line
>
> path=/home/scholzuh/Tools/eclipse-sdk_3.2M3
>
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