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| 4 : | <title>Standalone update</title> | ||
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| 10 : | <h3>Standalone update</h3> | ||
| 11 : | dbirsan | 1.2 | With the most recent code, you can install/update/enable/disable |
| 12 : | a feature or list the features available on a remote site by running eclipse in a command line mode.<br> | ||
| 13 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | You can also, mirror chosen features from an update site to a local update site mirror.<br> |
| 14 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 15 : | dbirsan | 1.2 | Launch eclipse as follows, where [ ] means optional argument and arguments in italics must be provided by the user.<br> |
| 16 : | dbirsan | 1.4 | <br> |
| 17 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <b>Installing a feature from a remote site</b>:<br> |
| 18 : | eclipse <br> | ||
| 19 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 20 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 21 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 22 : | -command install <br> | ||
| 23 : | -featureId <i>feature_id </i><br> | ||
| 24 : | -version <i>version </i><br> | ||
| 25 : | -from <i>remote_site_url</i> <br> | ||
| 26 : | [-to <i>target_site_dir</i>] <br> | ||
| 27 : | dbirsan | 1.2 | <p> |
| 28 : | dbirsan | 1.3 | <b>Example:</b> <code>eclipse.exe -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -nosplash -command install -from http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-update-home/optionalSite/ -featureId com.example.root -version 1.0.0</code> |
| 29 : | dbirsan | 1.2 | </p> |
| 30 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 31 : | dbirsan | 1.7 | <b>Updating an existing feature or all features</b>:<br> |
| 32 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | eclipse <br> |
| 33 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 34 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 35 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 36 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | -command update<br> |
| 37 : | dbirsan | 1.7 | [-featureId <i>feature_id </i>]<br> |
| 38 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 39 : | <b>Enabling (configuring) a specified feature:</b><br> | ||
| 40 : | eclipse <br> | ||
| 41 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 42 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 43 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 44 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | -command enable<br> |
| 45 : | dbirsan | 1.6 | -featureId <i>feature_id </i><br> |
| 46 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | -version <i>version </i><br> |
| 47 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | [-to <i>target_site_dir</i>] <br> |
| 48 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 49 : | <b>Disabling (unconfiguring) a specified feature:</b><br> | ||
| 50 : | eclipse <br> | ||
| 51 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 52 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 53 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 54 : | -command disable<br> | ||
| 55 : | -featureId <i>feature_id </i><br> | ||
| 56 : | -version <i>version </i><br> | ||
| 57 : | [-to <i>target_site_dir</i>] <br> | ||
| 58 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 59 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | <b>Uninstalling a specified feature:</b><br> |
| 60 : | eclipse <br> | ||
| 61 : | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> | ||
| 62 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 63 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 64 : | -command uninstall<br> | ||
| 65 : | dbirsan | 1.6 | -featureId <i>feature_id </i><br> |
| 66 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | -version <i>version </i><br> |
| 67 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | [-to <i>target_site_dir</i>] <br> |
| 68 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 69 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | In all the above commands where the -to target_site_dir is specified, corresponding |
| 70 : | configured target site at given directory will be used. If it is not specified, | ||
| 71 : | then the default local product site is used.<br> | ||
| 72 : | <br> | ||
| 73 : | If you only need to verify if the operation would succeed, in the above commands, (i.e. it satisfies the constraints), without actually performing it, | ||
| 74 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | then add <b><em>-verifyOnly=true</em></b> to the list of arguments.<br> |
| 75 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | |
| 76 : | <br><b>Searching a remote site, listing all available features for install:</b><br> | ||
| 77 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | eclipse <br> |
| 78 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 79 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 80 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 81 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | -command search<br> |
| 82 : | -from <i>remote_site_url</i> <br> | ||
| 83 : | <br> | ||
| 84 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | <b>Mirroring feature(s) from a remote site:</b><br> |
| 85 : | eclipse <br> | ||
| 86 : | dbirsan | 1.9 | -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate<br> |
| 87 : | -nosplash <br> | ||
| 88 : | [-vm <i>path to java.exe</i>] <br> | ||
| 89 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | -command mirror<br> |
| 90 : | -from <i>remote_site_url</i> <br> | ||
| 91 : | -to <i>target_site_dir</i><br> | ||
| 92 : | [-featureId <i>feature_id</i>]<br> | ||
| 93 : | [-version <i>version</i>]<br> | ||
| 94 : | dbirsan | 1.10 | [-siteURL <i>target_site_url</i>]<br> |
| 95 : | <br> | ||
| 96 : | If -siteURL is specified, a fragment of policy file will be generated in | ||
| 97 : | <target_site_dir>/policy.inc file, for inclusion in update policy file. | ||
| 98 : | The fragment will map all features from the mirror site to the specified URL.<br> | ||
| 99 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | <br> |
| 100 : | dbirsan | 1.5 | The return code for each command is either 0 (success) or 1 (failure). |
| 101 : | <br> | ||
| 102 : | dbirsan | 1.8 | |
| 103 : | dbirsan | 1.1 | </body> |
| 104 : | </html> |
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