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JLucien

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Registered: 2011-06-26

Posts: 30

Using And Managing Eclipse

How do people manage Eclipse?

I have read the wiki and I find that installing plugins running as root is a pain because java isn't setup for the root user.

If I install plugins as me through the IDE itself then they are blown away when Eclipse upgrades.

Themes don't work if I try to install them as me.

How the heck do people manage using Eclipse?  I just want to use PyDev with the Juno theme and have all parts of the IDE working.

Does anyone have any way they manage it in a sane manner?

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Using And Managing Eclipse

install your own copy and put it anywhere you like. you will be much happier in terms of being able to install additional plugins etc. I find managing eclipse separately from the package manager to be much easier than using the repo version.

I just unzipped eclipse under my home/dev folder. I have never had any problems with themes either.

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mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

Posts: 1,938

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Re: Using And Managing Eclipse

I second Inxsible. I have used Eclipse for various things off and on, and I;ve always had issues when trying to manage it with pacman.

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tavianator

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From: Waterloo, ON, Canada

Registered: 2007-08-21

Posts: 859

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Re: Using And Managing Eclipse

Using a non-pacman installation is no doubt easier, but I keep it installed with pacman due to stubbornness.  It's not that hard to manage.  For any shared extensions, I install them as root.