[news.eclipse.technology.equinox] Re: How to generate p2 metadata for ex

[rscott@xxxxxxx (Rich Scott)]

Martin,

To include the p2 information into the the product export, all that you 
need to do is the check the "Generate metadata repository" checkbox on the 
export wizard page. This will result in a "repository" directory under the 
specified destination that contains the export product along with 
generated p2 metadata. 

The only other thing that must be done is the product must be installed 
using either p2installer or p2director. This will setup the runtime 
environment to support p2 updates.

Rich Scott


Martin Schmitz wrote:

> Am 07.01.2009 18:42, schrieb John E. Conlon:
> > Ben,
> >
> > Too bad the zips exported by the PDE Product Export Wizards don't have
> > this already. From what I understand you will have to:
> > 1. Generate P2 Repository
> > 2. Create a P2ize product
> >
> > For #1 there are three approaches:
> > a. With the PDE Product Export Wizard you can select the option to
> > generate a repository when you do the product export.
> > b. There are facilities for PDE Build to do this as well. Here is an
> > excellent recipe for PDE Build to do both #1 and #2 at:
http://aniefer.blogspot.com/2008/06/example-headless-build-for-rcp-product.html
> > c. Use the P2 Metadata Generator
> >
> > For #2 you can do this from the p2 Repository you created in #1. Again I
> > think there are basically 3 ways to do this:
> > a. The P2 Installer
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Installer
> >
> > b. The P2 Headless Director
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_director_application
> >
> > c. The P2 AdminUI (Haven't tried this way myself though I think it
> > should work.)
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Admin_UI_Users_Guide
> >
> >
> > Also see the previous 12/15/2008 news group message with subject
> > 'Eclipse with P2'.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> > Ben Vitale wrote:
> > > When I run the Export wizard against a .product that has a dependency
> > > on the org.eclipse.platform feature, I get all the p2 plugins included
> > > in the export. I'm able to see the Software Updates menu item. But
> > > clicking on it results in this message:
> > >
> > > "Cannot launch the Update UI. This installation has not been
> > > configured properly for Software Updates."
> > >
> > > There is also this in the log:
> > >
> > > !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk 2 0 2009-01-07 10:01:12.549
> > > !MESSAGE Could not locate the running profile instance. The
> > > eclipse.p2.data.area and eclipse.p2.profile properties may not be set
> > > correctly in this application's config.ini file.
> > >
> > > Now I'm noticing that there is in fact no p2 data area in the exported
> > > product output. I suspect the error I'm seeing is the one referenced
> > > in this bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=221513
> > >
> > > Is there a flag that should be set on the build.properties file to
> > > trigger the generation of p2 metadata?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ben

> Can anybody confirm this solution?

> Thanks
> Martin