As one of the most popular open-source ides, one of the major advantages of eclipse lies in its numerous excellent plug-ins. A good plug-in can greatly improve our work efficiency. It is a required course to learn how to install the Eclipse plug-in. The following describes how to install the Eclipse plug-in. Eclipse plug-ins can be installed in the following ways:
Method 1: Direct ReplicationAssume that your Eclipse plug-in is in (c: \ eclipse), decompress the Eclipse plug-in you downloaded or install the Eclipse plug-in to the AA (C: \ aa) folder in the specified directory, and open the AA folder, the AA folder contains two folders: Features and Plugins. Then, copy the files in the two folders to the features and plugins under the corresponding folder in eclipse, generally, copying plug-in files directly to the eclipse directory is the most direct and stupid way! It will be very difficult to delete these plug-ins in the future! It is not recommended to use strong columns !! Note: directly decompress the plug-in package to the plugins folder and restart eclipse. New plug-ins may not be loaded. Solution: 1. Open the command line, enter eclipse-clean in the current eclipse directory, and restart eclipse. In this way, a new plug-in will be added to eclipse. 2. If the plug-in cannot be upgraded, use eclipse \ Configuration \ Org. eclipse. delete the update directory and start eclipse again. You can view the newly installed content in the eclipse menu "help" --> "about eclipse SDK" --> "feature details" and "plug-in details "..
Method 2: Use the link file MethodA. suppose that your eclipse Is In (c: \ eclipse), under this folder, create such a directory structure (C: \ eclipse \ pluginseclipse \ jode \ eclipse), B. decompress the Eclipse plug-in you downloaded or install the Eclipse plug-in to the BB (C: \ bb) folder in the specified directory to open the BB folder, copy the features and plugins folders in the BB folder to the newly created eclipse (C: \ eclipse \ pluginseclipse \ jode \ eclipse, in this way, eclipse has two plug-ins under the directory features and Plugins. c. create the links (C: \ eclipse) directory in the eclipse (C: \ eclipse \ links) directory, and create a text file with the link extension in the links directory, such as jode. link, the content is as follows Path = C:/Eclipse/pluginseclipse /Jode or Path = c: \ eclipse \ pluginseclipse \ jode plug-in directory) Restart Eclipse plug-in to complete installation. Note: the path of Path = plug-in directory in the Link file must be \ or/
/Eclipse/
Links/
Jode. Link
WebTools. Link
Updatemanager. Link
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You can see the newly installed plug-ins in the eclipse menu "help" --> "about eclipse SDK" --> "feature details" and "plug-in details.
Third: Install plug-ins using the eclipse built-in graphical interfaceChoose Help> Software Updates> Manager Configuration
Select Add> extension location to find the directory where you want to install the plug-in. Use eclipse's help-> softwareupdates-> Find and install... search for new features... this method is strongly recommended when you enter the software installation address for installation. There are many advantages such as convenient addition and deletion, and you do not need to write the link file yourself! Note: directory structure of the Eclipse plug-in
/Eclipse-plugins/
Eclipse/
. Eclipseextension
Features/
Plugins/
All directories pointed to by method 2.3 refer to the "Eclipse" directory. If method 3rd is used, files must exist in the eclipse directory. eclipseextension. If your plug-in does not have this file,
You just need to rely on the file in the eclipse installation directory! Only such a file is available, and the content is useless, mainly for some version information! For example:
Id = org. Eclipse. Platform name = eclipse Platform
Version = 3.1.1
The above describes how to install the three Eclipse plug-ins.