[news.eclipse.technology.equinox] installer vs director

[Peter Stibrany <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am trying to find my way through P2. I want to create custom
'installer', which will install plugins into target eclipse product.
User should be able to select his target eclipse product, and my
'installer' should be able to check whether plugins are already
installed and need to be updated, or plugins need to be installed from
scratch, together with dependencies.

I am looking at P2 Installer and P2 Director applications to get
understanding of what I need to do. I am confused by these two sample
applications though.

Both seem to work in slightly different way. Biggest noticeable
difference is set of required P2 plugins they use. P2 Director uses
"org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox" and
"org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.manipulator", but P2 Installer
does not.

I am able to do the stuff I want via command line using P2 Director, so
this example application seems to be the best for me to look at.

What is the purpose of P2 Install then? Why doesn't it need those two
plugins?

Thank you for any help.

-Peter Stibrany