How to install new plugins in jboss developer studio 4

[kishore.74.lko]

Hi All,

I am very new for jboss developer studio 4 beta. But I am very much familier of Eclipse/IBM products/versions.

Generally in Eclipse/IBM products I install new plugins by using 2 methods:

1. Add Site

2. Using Dropins/Links folder mechanism

But these both technics are not working in jboss developer studio 4. Please tell me how to do this, so that I can make Jboss product compatible to my requirements.

Thanks in Advnace

Kishore

[maxandersen]

They work for me just like normal eclipse - I'm running JBoss Developer Studio 4 GA with both egit, svn, m2eclipse and other plugins installed from updatesites.

What problems are you seeing ?

btw. better to upgrade to the GA version than on the old Beta

[kishore.74.lko]

Hi Andersen,

Thanks for giving reply.

By mistaken I wrongly mentioned the JBoss version, actually it is

JBoss Developer Studio

Version: 4.0.0.GA

Build id: v20110216-1930-H239-GA

Build date: 20110216-1930

I run this Add Site command on JBoss from console:

F:\JBoss\studio\jbdevstudio.exe -data tempwork -consolelog -application  org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate  -command addSite -from "D:\Program Files\MyPlugin"

On complition, 'successfull' message comes.

When I check F:\JBoss\studio\configuration\org.eclipse.update\platform.xml file, this shows "MyPlugin" entry as a added site at end.

Finally After clean start JBoss does not load MyPlugin perspective, even not shows any related plugin in plugin entries. Moreover even no error message is coming in log  file of .metadata folder.

(FYI: same "MyPlugin" plugin has no "Add Site" problem with Eclipse / WDSC / /RDi / RDP for any versions)

Thanks in advance.

[kishore.74.lko]

No body is answering my question!!!!!!!!!!!

strange.

[maxandersen]

Hey - if you want permission to yell at people for not answering get a support contract and use the support portal

That said...I haven't tried using the standaloneUpdate command with JBDS (neither with eclipse for that matter); have you tried

adding it manually through the P2 updatesite UI ?

Does that work/fail ?

[kishore.74.lko]

Thanks Max for giving reply.

while opting manually through the P2 updatesite UI, It does not recognize the plugins under the given path, hence not working here also.

FYI: same process is working fine in Eclipse 3.4 and above.

[maxandersen]

So, using the updatesite ui works fine for me for all the updatesites I know about.

Any chance your plugins needs some plugins that are available from the default eclipse org updatesites and you need to add them first for the plugins to install ?

[maxandersen]

...and any chance you can say what that updatesite you are installing actually is so we can see it/replicate ?