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This article will explain in detail how to install, upgrade and uninstall the Eclipse plug-in. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you for reference. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

The directory structure of external plug-ins should usually be similar to the following:

SamplePlugins

|-- eclipse

|-- features

|-- plugins

|-.eclipseextension

The .eclipseextension file just identifies that this is an eclipse external plug-in and has no practical meaning. Some plug-ins do not have this file after being unzipped, so you can create an empty one by hand.

There are two ways to install plug-ins externally:

1. Use the Software Update function

Select Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration in Eclipse, where all installed plug-ins are listed. Right-click Eclipse Platform, select New > Extension Location..., and then find the directory of the plug-in you want to install, such as: samplePlugins, OK, ok, install successfully. Eclipse will prompt you to restart for the application to take effect. Continue to click yes, and then you can use the new plug-in.

2. Use the links directory function

Go to the Eclipse installation directory to see if there is a links directory, and if not, create a new one. Go to the links directory and create a new text file with the suffix .link, such as samplePlugs.link, which has only one line of content in the format: path= plug-in directory, such as: path=C:\\ plugins\\ samplePlugins. Save exit, restart eclipse, and you can see the newly installed plug-in.

There are also two ways to upgrade Eclipse

1. Use Help > Software Updates > Find and Install, select the plug-in to be upgraded, and follow the prompts.

2. Download new installation files.

Extract the new version of eclipse, import the previously installed plug-ins according to the above method, and change the direction of the workspace if necessary. I usually use this method.

The plug-in upgrade method is the same, you can upgrade online, or download a new version of the plug-in, and then modify the .link file in the links directory.

The method of unloading the plug-in

Disable the corresponding plug-in in Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration. If you want to delete it completely, you need to delete the configuration directory under the eclipse directory, which is not necessary.

The above operations have been tested from Eclipse2.1 to Eclipse3.x. If eclipse does not start normally after modification, check the error log in the configuration directory and find a solution. Usually, if it is a configuration problem, you can basically solve it by deleting the configuration directory.

This is the end of this article on "how to install, upgrade and uninstall Eclipse plug-ins". I hope the above content can be of some help to you, so that you can learn more knowledge. if you think the article is good, please share it out for more people to see.

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