[news.eclipse.tools] Re: How to upgrade

[Christophe Elek <celek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"oleg shteynbuk" <oshteynbuk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:au0mht$lt4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: 

> product extensions is a great feature if you have a dedicated sys
> admin to handle it or do not mind to invest a lot of time to became an
> eclipse expert, i will probably will stick to copying workspace thanks
> marcus for the tip, and reinstall plugins.

nah ! really ?
I mean that's how I use it
1) install eclipse in c:\eclipse
2) install you own plugins under d:\anotherdir\plugins
3) create a directory c:\eclipse\links
4) create a file inside called foo.lnk
5) in the type path=d:/anotherdir
6) start eclipse
7) et voila

PS: check the content of the file, I say that from memory

to update, delete the plugins and features directory under c:\eclipse and 
install the new version...

PS2: you can even do that from the Update Manager UI....

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Christophe Elek
Eclipse Project
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