Re: All-In-One Installer bug

From: Mike Schrag (mschra..dimension.com)
Date: Fri Jun 19 2009 - 07:52:34 EDT

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    verified btw ... no idea why it's failing now. yay for osgi.

    On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:

    > Dear Q, forgive me, if my reply is too long:
    >
    >
    > Here is what fails:
    >
    > 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/eclipse
    > 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
    > chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
    > 3) Start Eclipse as a non-admin user
    > At this point Eclipse works OK. It will use ~/.eclipse/ for user-
    > based config files
    > 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
    > Eclipse will fail to start when restarted at the end of the
    > installation of WOLips
    >
    > Here is what works:
    >
    > 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/eclipse
    > 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to your account (non-
    > admin joeuser)
    > chown -R joeuser:joeuser /Developer/Applications/eclipse
    > 3) Start Eclipse as joeuser
    > 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
    > At this point Eclipse works OK.
    > It will NEVER use ~/.eclipse/ for user-based config files.
    > The folder ~/.eclipse/ is not even created.
    >
    > Thanks for trying to reproduce this. I appreciate it.
    >
    > Best regards
    > Rudy
    >
    >
    >
    > On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Q wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> On 19/06/2009, at 4:32 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
    >>
    >>> That is the point --- it does NOT work with 3.4.2
    >>
    >> Ok, just verifying that when 3.4.2 is installed manually (as
    >> opposed to using the AIO installer) it still fails.
    >>
    >> I will try to reproduce the problem when I get a chance.
    >>
    >>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Q wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On 19/06/2009, at 2:59 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> B) If several users need to use Eclipse with WOLips, use Eclipse
    >>>>> 3.4.1
    >>>>> --- Install Eclipse 3.4.1 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/
    >>>>> eclipse
    >>>>> --- Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
    >>>>> chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
    >>>>> --- Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
    >>>>> --- Eclipse 3.4.1 will use the ~/.eclipse folder correctly, AFAIK
    >>>>
    >>>> Does this technique not work with 3.4.2?
    >>>>
    >>>> --
    >>>> Seeya...Q
    >>>>
    >>>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
    >>>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
    >>>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Seeya...Q
    >>
    >> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
    >> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
    >> Ph: +61 419 729 806
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >



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