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| <p><a align="right" alt"example proposed wtp |
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| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122593"><img |
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| <p><font size="small">Like these logos? <br /> |
| The search is narrowing! <br /> |
| Comment on <a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122593">Bug 122593.</a><br /> |
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| <h1 class="title">Eclipse Update Site for <br /> |
| Web Tools Platform (WTP)</h1> |
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| <p>This update site provides the features of the Eclipse Web Tools |
| Platform (WTP).</p> |
| <p>It not only provides the data for WTP updates, it also provides |
| "pointers" to the prerequisite projects (JDT, EMF, GEF, and JEM).</p> |
| <p>It does assume, however, that at least the Eclipse 3.1.2 Platform |
| Feature is installed. For example, to start with minimum foot-print, you |
| can use the <a |
| href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.1.2-200601181600/index.php">Platform |
| Runtime Binary</a> appropriate for your operating system. (The Platform |
| Runtime Binary section is about half way down that page.)</p> |
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| <p>Note, if you are starting with Eclipse 3.1.0, there are some separate |
| and <a |
| href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-releng/updatesfor3.1.1.html">specific |
| instructions</a> for updating the base platform to the 3.1.1 or 3.1.2 |
| level.</p> |
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| <p>To use this update site in your existing installation of Eclipse, add |
| the following URL as a remote update site in your update manager.</p> |
| <p> <b> <code>http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/</code></b></p> |
| <p><b>Tip: </b>any time you get a chance, export your bookmark files |
| from the "add a site" dialog. Having them saved away in a safe place |
| makes it much easier to re-create another development environment.</p> |
| <p>See <a |
| href="http://help.eclipse.org/help31/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-34.htm">Eclipse |
| Help</a> for general information about using Update Manager.</p> |
| <p><b>Tip: </b>To lessen download time (by installing the minimum number |
| of features), first select the desired WTP feature in the Eclipse update |
| install dialog, then use the 'select required' button to select only the |
| minimum required prerequisite features.</p> |
| <p><b>Tip: </b>If you are able, it may be easiest to start a fresh |
| development environment based on 3.1.2 and then update to use WTP 1.0.1 |
| and its pre-reqs. And, since the workbench may have to shutdown and |
| restart several times (if updating several features), you can you do the |
| upgrade with an empty workspace and once satisfied all is well, then use |
| the -data option on the Eclipse command line (or shortcut) to point to |
| your workspace of interest.</p> |
| <p><b>Tip: </b>Both before and <i>after</i> installing "new" features, |
| you may want to use update manager to "check for updates to currently |
| installed features". In some scenarios just installing WTP will not |
| necessarily upgrade all components, such as EMF, to the highest |
| available level.</p> |
| <p><b>Tip: </b>After you install WTP 1.0.1, you can enjoy using Update |
| Manager again to "Search for New Features to Install". You'll notice |
| that once WTP is installed, we (in WTP) add BIRT and TPTP <i>discovery |
| sites</i> to your Update Manager sites, since there is some cool |
| applications that use WTP, BIRT and TPTP together.</p> |
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| <h3>Known Problems and Issues</h3> |
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| <p><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122783">bug |
| 122784:</a> Even if you have WTP 1.0.0 installed, you can |
| not "search for updates of the currently installed features".</p> |
| <p><b>Workaround: </b>add the webtools-update site as a remote update |
| site and use it as you would any other new feature. That is, use the |
| "Search for new Features to Install", add the webtools-update site, and |
| then install some from the Web Tools Platform section (with pre-reqs if |
| needed). This will install "on top" of any existing WTP Features you |
| have installed already.</p> |
| <p><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=123191">bug |
| 123191:</a> If you check "Filter features included in other |
| features on the list", then even using the 'select required' button may |
| not "find" all the features required. Similar for the 'show only the |
| latest version of the feature'.</p> |
| <p><b>Workaround: </b>do not check that box! :)</p> |
| <p>As always, open bugs you find or open feature requests, to help the |
| project improve. Thanks for your help.</p> |
| <h3>Example of Update Dialog</h3> |
| <p>Here is an example screen shot highlighting the areas discussed in |
| the tips and workarounds. The example is from having started with just |
| the base 3.1.2 Platform Feature installed.</p> |
| <img alt"example view of update dialog" src="update2.gif" /> |
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