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| <p><A align="right" alt"Example proposed WTP logo" |
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| <p><font size="small">Like this logo? Don't like this logo? |
| <br /> Want to propose another? |
| <br /> Comment on <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122593">Bug 122593</a><br />.</font></p> |
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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. |
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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> <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. |
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| <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. |
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| <h3>Known Problems and Issues</h3> |
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| <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. |
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| <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! :) |
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| <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 startng with just the base 3.1.2 Platform Feature installed.</p> |
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