eclipse plugin install permission problem

[Neal Becker]

I just tried to install pydev-0.7 plugin for eclipse, and it failed because
it tried to write to /usr/share/eclipse/...

Any hints?

[hicham]

you can create a folder ( say plugins) in your home directory with two
subfolder call them plugins and features and create a file called
.eclipseextension ( type in a terminal
touch .eclipseextension)
unzip your pydev-0.7 plugin in the plugins folder
in eclipse in Help menu -> Software updates -> Manage configuration  
add an extension location ( your plugins dir. ) 
it'll ask you to restart eclipse
that's it 
cheers

hicham.

On 7/26/05, Neal Becker  wrote:
> I just tried to install pydev-0.7 plugin for eclipse, and it failed because
> it tried to write to /usr/share/eclipse/...
>
> Any hints?
>
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[Craig Thomas]

On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 11:54 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> I just tried to install pydev-0.7 plugin for eclipse, and it failed because
> it tried to write to /usr/share/eclipse/...
>
> Any hints?

Is this FC4 with native eclipse?

You should be able to create .eclipse in your home directory and install
your plugins there.   [so you'll have .eclipse/plugins
and .eclipse/features].  Mind you, this is with FC3 and eclipse from
eclipse, not the 'native' shipping with FC4.

Or if you want them [your plugins] available to all users, install them
in the directory in question above.

--
Craig Thomas

[Andrew Overholt]

* Neal Becker  [2005-07-26 11:55]:
> I just tried to install pydev-0.7 plugin for eclipse, and it failed because
> it tried to write to /usr/share/eclipse/...

1. We have pydev RPMs in Fedora Core 4 (eclipse-pydev)
2. You should be able to use the Eclipse update manager which should
   default to ~/.eclipse as a regular user (we have a patch that does this).

Andrew