[valbosoft]

Hi,

I’ve installed myeclipseide 7.1, and I’m trying to use external plugins using the dropins directory. After installing the plugins and restarting the IDE, I don’t see them.
The .log file indicates the following:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator 2 0 2009-03-12 16:31:35.655
!MESSAGE An error occurred while generating manifest for D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\features.; artifact folder at D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\features has files: org.vaulttec.velocity_1.0.2(dir)
!STACK 0
org.eclipse.osgi.service.pluginconversion.PluginConversionException: Could not find a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF, plugin.xml or a fragment.xml in D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\features.
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.PluginConverterImpl.fillPluginInfo(PluginConverterImpl.java:107)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.PluginConverterImpl.convertManifest(PluginConverterImpl.java:707)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.BundleDescriptionFactory.convertPluginManifest(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.BundleDescriptionFactory.loadManifest(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.BundleDescriptionFactory.getBundleDescription(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.RepositoryListener.processBundle(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.RepositoryListener.process(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.RepositoryListener.added(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.DropinsRepositoryListener.added(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.DirectoryWatcher.processFile(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.DirectoryWatcher.scanDirectories(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.directorywatcher.DirectoryWatcher.poll(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.Activator.watchDropins(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.Activator.start(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1009)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:1003)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:984)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:355)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1074)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:616)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:508)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:299)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:489)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:321)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator 2 0 2009-03-12 16:31:35.686
!MESSAGE An error occurred while generating manifest for D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\plugins.; artifact folder at D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\plugins has files: com.essiembre.eclipse.i18n.resourcebundle_0.7.7(dir), org.vaulttec.velocity.ui_1.0.2(dir)
!STACK 0
org.eclipse.osgi.service.pluginconversion.PluginConversionException: Could not find a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF, plugin.xml or a fragment.xml in D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\plugins.
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.PluginConverterImpl.fillPluginInfo(PluginConverterImpl.java:107)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.PluginConverterImpl.convertManifest(PluginConverterImpl.java:707)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.BundleDescriptionFactory.convertPluginManifest(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.generator.BundleDescriptionFactory.loadManifest(Unknown Source)

Any idea what’s wrong here?

Regards, Bo

[rmcvay]

Did you just put the zip/jar file into the dropins or did you expand it there?

[support-joy]

Thank you Ray for replying to this post.

Bo, what is the plugin you are trying to install? Please make sure you copy the relevant plugins/features to [MyEclipse directory]/dropins. Make sure you have folder named Plugins and Features under dropins(if not already present, please create these folders). You need to copy plguins and features to the relevant folder.

[valbosoft]

I’ve expanded the plugins into the dropins directory, so the features and plgin subdirectory were created automatically.
I’m trying to install 2 plugins: veloedit (http://sourceforge.net/projects/veloedit/) for editing velocity templates, and the resourcebundle editor (http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipse-rbe/)

When I install them in a plain eclipse they work fine. (install is: expand in the eclipse directory)

[support-joy]

What is your eclipse version where you have successfully integrated veloedit and resourcebundle editor?

[support-joy]

By default MyEclipse doesn’t support an integrated VeloEdit or Resourcebundle editor. Having said that there are a lot of users who have successfully integrated 3rd party plugins to MyEclipse.

I have done some research on VeloEdit here http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/ So here is a working woraround 🙂
This mentions an update site for VeloEdit. Using Help > Software Updates > Add/Remove Software > Add Site. Here add the URL for update site as http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/updates/. This will download the plugin for you and upon installation will ask you to restart MyEclipse. On restart you should be all set with VeloEdit. Now click on Help > About MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench > Plug-in Details, this should list you Velocity UI under plugin name. Please refer below screen shot.

Similarly, look for an update site for ResourceBundle editor. I tried to research more on research bundle editor, but all the links point to http://www.resourcebundleeditor.com/ which leads to a dead end.

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[support-joy]

I downloaded the zip file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipse-rbe/ (Thanks for the link). Unzipped and copied the plugin to [MyEclipse installation directory]\dropins\plugins. Restart MyEclipse, ResourceBundle Editor is added to MyEclipse. Please see attached screenshot

Hope this helps.

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[valbosoft]

Hi,

I presume you expanded the resourcebundle zip into the dropins directory, and not dropins/plugins (the zip has a plugins directory in it)?
My directory structure is: D:\Program Files\Genuitec7\MyEclipse 7.0\dropins\plugins\com.essiembre.eclipse.i18n.resourcebundle_0.7.7
I can’t see the plugin in the plugins dialog.
What could be wrong here? How could I debug this?

[valbosoft]

Thanks for the velocity tip, I got it installed now (through the update site).
I think I must have some kind of dropins problem (Maybe the program path shouldn’t have spaces, or something like that?)

[support-joy]

valbosoft,

Can you copy your zip to some other folder and unzip the contents? Check what it contains. Also make sure you have plugins and features folder created under [MyEclipse installation directory]\dropins. And copy and paste all the relevant files in their respective folders. It doesn’t matter if you have spaces in your installation directory. One more thing. After you copy and paste your plugins and features. Please restart MyEclipse(this part is crucial). Let me know if this helps.

[juparave]

valbosoft,

Did you solve this problem? I also use ResourcebundleEditor plugin but I haven’t found a way to installed it in 7.1.1 yet.

These are the steps I followed,

Closed MyEclipse Workbench
unziped ResourceBundleEditor_v0.7.7.zip to $HOME//Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1/dropins
Started MyEclipse Workbench

If you solve this please share your solution.

[support-joy]

juparave,

Can you copy and paste your installation detail? You can find it at MyEclipse > Installation Summary > Installation Detail. I understand that you have unzipped the contents directly in dropins. Can you ensure that plugins folder is created under dropins

$HOME//Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1/dropins

[valbosoft]

Hi,

I decided to download a clean myeclipseide with eclipse included in a new directory. I installed the plugins and it worked directly. The problem somehow relates to when you upgrade from a former version, I guess…

Cheers, Bo

[juparave]

@support-joy wrote:

juparave,

Can you copy and paste your installation detail? You can find it at MyEclipse > Installation Summary > Installation Detail. I understand that you have unzipped the contents directly in dropins. Can you ensure that plugins folder is created under dropins

$HOME//Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1/dropins

Thanks joy, Somehow it works now, I just did the same thing over and over. My solution was the same that valbosoft, I just downloaded a clean 7.1.1 and drop the unziped folder to the dropins directory.

I think that ResourceBundleEditor is the best there is, I’ve been using it for quite a long time.

[support-joy]

Thanks Bo, for posting the solution.
juparave, good to hear you have everything under control.

Best.

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