How to install plug-ins using link

Eclipse basics-install the Eclipse plug-in using links
Eclispe should be familiar to everyone. Generally, Eclipse plug-ins are installed in the Plugins directory. However, after many plug-ins are installed, eclipse becomes very large. The most important thing is that it is not easy to update and manage many plug-ins. Installing the Eclipse plug-in using links can solve this problem.
Currently, eclipse3.0.1 is configured.

Now let's assume that my eclipse installation directory is D:/eclipse and the plug-in directory to be installed is D:/plug-in. I will install languagepackfeature (Language Pack) EMF-SDO-XSD-SDK, GEF-SDK, and lomboz.

Put all the four plug-ins in the D:/plug-in directory and decompress them separately. For example, if lomboz3.0.1.zip is decompressed to the lomboz3.0.1 Directory, which contains a directory of plugins, you must first create a subdirectory eclipse in the directory of lomboz3.0.1, and then move the directory of plugins to the newly created eclipse directory, that is, the directory structure is D:/plug-in/lomboz3.0.1/Eclipse/plugins.

Eclipse will go to the specified directory to find the eclipse/features directory and Eclipse/Plugins directory to see if there are legal functional components and (or) plug-ins. That is to say, the target directory must contain a/eclipse directory. If the attached feature and plug-in are found, the configuration is available during the runtime. If the linked file is added after the workspace is created, additional functional components and plug-ins will be handled as new configuration changes.

If the eclipse/Plugins directory is already included in other compressed files after decompression, you do not need to create an eclipse directory.

Then create a sub-directory links in the eclipse Installation Directory D:/eclipse directory, and create a link file in the links directory, such as languagepackfeature. link: Change the file content to Path = D:/plug-in/languagepackfeature. That is, the link file must correspond to a directory of the plug-in just extracted.

Note:

1. Plug-ins can be installed in multiple custom directories.

2. Multiple plug-ins can be installed in a custom directory.

3. The file name and extension name of The Link file can be any name, such as ddd.txt and myplugin.

4. In the link file, Path = the path of the plug-in directory must be separated by // or/

5. There can also be multiple link files in the links directory, and the path parameter in each link file will take effect.

6. The plug-in directory can use relative paths.

7. You can create a subdirectory in the links directory to transfer unused plug-ins to this subdirectory to accelerate eclipse startup.

8. If you cannot see the plug-in after installation, delete the configuration directory under the eclipse directory and restart.

Note:
If you open eclipse (version 301), you cannot see the lomboz option in window-> prefences.
It indicates that emf-sdo-xsd-sdk-2.0.1.zip is not installed first. You need to download and unzip the plug-in and install it in the preceding links mode. Then, decompress lomboz In the eclipse/Plugins directory and delete the configuration directory under the eclipse directory, restart.

Emf-sdo-xsd-SDK-2.0.1.zip, http://download.eclipse.org/tools/emf/downloads/drops/2.1.0/I200410220709/emf-sdo-xsd-SDK-I200410220709.zip

Note: If you want to enable the link-based plug-ins (such as the Language package) to enable the plug-in without referencing the installed plug-in, you can add the following parameters to the startup parameters. -nl en_us (zh_cn indicates Chinese ).