I have RTC version 4.0.3 on a Windows 7 system. I would like to install some plugins like PMD, FindBugs, Checkstyle etc. to keep an eye on my code. Are they compatible with RTC?
I've tried installing some and they fail. FindBugs installs successfully, but it's nowhere to be seen in RTC!
Any ideas?
Looks like it's a known issue. Having RTC installed under "C:\Program Files (x86)" causes permission issues. I reinstalled into my home folder and plug-in installation works (although not for Findbugs strangely; PMD and Checkstyle are fine).
Check the different Eclipse perspectives: your plugin could be visible in the Java perspective, while being not available in the RTC one.
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So I have just installed the latest eclipse version (4.6.3) on my laptop which had 4.6.2 running before.
The problem is that all my eclipse plugin projects are now full of errors because it somehow can't resolve various bundles (swt, osgi, eclipse.core, eclipse.ui, etc).
Furthermore I have noticed that the target platform the PDE sets up as default (which is the running platform) complains that it can't find the respecive plugins either.
I don't know if these two issues are connected but it seems to me that eclipse can't find it's own plugins which would be very weird...
Does someone has an idea on how to fix this?
I have installed Eclipse Juno on a linux machine and am trying to set up PyDev.
I have installed PyDev using Help => Install New Software, and it seemed to work fine and is listed as installed:
However, I do not find PyDev under Preferences, and I don't find the PyDev Perspective.
Any suggestions on how to get this running? (I'm normally a Windows user...)
You could be in a custom perspective in which the plugin commands are not set to be visible How To Add Perspectives In Eclipse
Another way:
sudo eclipse -clean;
Help --> Install software --> Re-install the plugins and software;
Explanation:
Eclipse is installed and the majority of programs are also installed initially with root privileges.
Typically 'Ownership' of hidden install folders like this belong to the 'sudo' or Root user. Therefore changes and installs to these hidden folders will not take.
Your requisites aren't Ok. PyDev 5.6 requires Neon (Eclipse 4.6).
See: Need to use older Eclipse/Java/Python in http://www.pydev.org/download.html for details on the PyDev version you need for older versions of Eclipse (also, make sure your java version matches the requisite).
I have installed eclipse checkstyle plugin. It installs properly but is not showing up in windows -> preferences. Currently using Mars.2 version. Have tried installing from both the update site http://eclipse-cs.sf.net/update and offline archive zip file and both install smoothly.
I have tried uninstalling, restarting eclipse in admin mode and installing again; and restarting ecplise with -clean -refresh options. None of these solutions have worked for me.
Am I missing something here?
As long as Mars is an old release, there may be some incompatibility problems between it and the plugin. You should check Eclipse Neon, where plugins should work without those issues.
If installation works but a plug-in then doesn’t show up in the UI, it may mean that its OSGi bundles fail to resolve. To check that, launch Eclipse with the -console switch; this opens the OSGi console in the terminal you used to start Eclipse with. Then, type the following:
ss | grep INSTALLED
This way, you will get a list of bundles that are merely INSTALLED but not RESOLVED or STARTING. If a Checkstyle bundles is among them, you have found your problem.
You can obtain further information suitable for a bug report to the Checkstyle developers by typing
diag $NUMBER
where $NUMBER is the number listed in the first column of the INSTALLED bundle.
I'm struggling to get the Eclipse FindBugs plugin to work and am sure there's a schoolboy error being made somewhere.
I extracted the file findbugs-2.0.2-rc2.zip to a local folder C:\Program Files\findbugs-2.0.2-rc2 and running findbugs.bat, FindBugs works fine running it over a local Java (Eclipse) project.
I added the FindBugs update site, it found "FindBugs Feature, 2.0.1.20120712" and installed it. Restarting, right-clicking on an open Java Project doesn't display the "FindBugs" option (that this video shows).
I looked in Window > Preferences to try to find a way to inform the plugin of the local FindBugs installation (in Program Files), but couldn't find anything.
Uninstalling "FindBug Feature", I tried extracting the FindBugs Eclipse plugin zip file into Eclipse's plugins folder, but after a restart, saw no difference.
Help > About Eclipse > Installation Details > Installed Software lists "FindBugs Feature 2.0.1.20120712".
Can anyone please offer a pointer on where I'm going wrong here? Thanks!
Windows 7, Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers Juno SR1, JDK 1.7.0_09, FindBugs 2.0.2-rc2
As suggested above, problem is likely caused by not having appropriate write access to the C:\Program Files\Eclipse\plugins folder.
Solution:
Close Eclipse. Restart Eclipse as Administrator (right click - Run as Administrator). Reinstall plugin. Restart Eclipse.
It looks like the Findbugs plugin wasn't installed properly and/or disabled by Eclipse. There can be several causes.
Multiple versions of the same plugin. To make sure this isn't the case, remove all Findbugs versions (installed manually and via the marketplace), and reinstall one (preferably via the marketplace). Watch for any warnings during installation.
There is a (dependency) conflict with another plugin. However, if this is the case I think Eclipse will warn in the log which other plugin is the cause of the conflict.
Rights problem. Make sure you have write permissions in the main Eclipse folder and all it's child folders.
I remember reading somewhere that installing Eclipse under the C:\Program Files\ in Windows can also be causing problems. Try moving Eclipse to a different folder, e.g. C:\Eclipse
Hi I also faced the similar problem but from my own experience i can suggest you the solution :-
Plz ensure that you are using eclipse version 3.6 or higher. findbugs 2.0 is not compatible with Eclipse 3.5(Eclipse Galileo).
1) Plz extract the findbugs zip file into eclipse folder(wher your eclipse is installed). This will automatically move findbug plugins into eclipse plugins folder. Restart the eclipse and you will find findbugs option on right clicking on project.
2) if 1 step does not work plz remove all the findbug jars for the eclipse plugins folder and place the complete folder into the eclipse dropins folder. Restart the eclipse and you will see the difference.
You can follow these step's to make findbugs work in your eclipse.
1.Install FireBug plugin from marketplace.
Help->Eclipse Marketplace ->then search for FindBugs
2.Configure FindBug for your project
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This worked fine for me using eclipse juno.
I am new to Eclipse so I am having a hard time troubleshooting this problem. I have a new installation of Eclipse Java EE - Galileo on Windows, and I am unable to see any changes made in the IDE after installing plugins. I have verified that the plugins are installed via installation details, but see no changes made.
For example, after installing the maven integration plugin m2eclipse I go to File->New->Project ... and I have no option for maven. After installing the QuickRex plugin I have no view for it etc.
I have tried re-installing the plugins, re-installing Eclipse, and starting Eclipse with the -clean option, but nothing has resolved the issue.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Ok. This is just a wild guess but could you start over with a fresh install and make sure that you uncheck the option Contact all update sites during install to find required software as shown below:
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I faced a similar problem (on another platform than yours), some updates were "disabling" all my plugins. Not checking this option allowed me to work around this issue.
Follow-up: You'll need to install that Zest stuff manually from the GEF update site:
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