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All,
I would like to be able to load eclipse, the MyEclipseIde plugin and my workspace on a usb keychain flash drive so that I can move my whole environment from one pc to another. Is this possible? My initial tests require me to re-initialized eclipse and re-setup myeclipseide manually each time. Could I place the manual install under the /eclipse? I know the instructions state not to do that.
Thanks for any and all help.
Dan
Dan,
If you did:
1) Unzip Eclipse to USB Drive (/eclipse-3.0.1)
2) Run it, create new workspace on the drive (/eclipse-3.0.1/workspace)
3) Get the MyEclipse manual install, unzip it to the drive (/myeclipse-3.8.3)
4) Help > Soft Updates > Manage Config > Add Extension > /myeclipse-3.8.3 *RESTART*You should be good to go… the only problem I see is that the drive letter of the USB drive would be different on every machine you used it on, and I don’t know how Eclipse stores its paths for classpaths, workspace information, project location, etc… this could become a nightmare tryign to keep this all in sync.
Riyad,
Thanks for your input. That is exactly what I have done….And I a saw the issues that you mentioned as well. When I set everything up on one computer, and moved the usb drive to another, I had to set up everything again. Then it had an error when I moved it back to the orginal pc. Would I maybe have better luck on linux, where drive letters are not an issue?
I was looking for a way to easily move from one machine to another. I guess what would be best would be to have the zip files for eclipse and myeclipse on the drive and keep the workspace as is on the usb drive. I would just have to set it up on each machine that I want to work on.
Thanks again.
DanDan,
I was looking for a way to easily move from one machine to another. I guess what would be best would be to have the zip files for eclipse and myeclipse on the drive and keep the workspace as is on the usb drive. I would just have to set it up on each machine that I want to work on.
Moving the workspace only would work, as would using an accessible source control system (CVS), which is what most teams do for distributed development. Either’s fine.
I agree with Scott,
This situation really screams CVS, it will make your life a lot easier and Eclipse’s CVS support is really top-notch… makes it almost too simple to use.MyEclipse Support Team,
Thanks for all your input. I would gladly use cvs and Eclipse’s CVS Support. The work I am trying to do is on a personal machine, which should have cvs running on it, and I want to be able to transfer the work to my work laptop, which, due to firewall restrictions, can’t access my personal machine.
Thanks again for your help. I will probably just move the workspace on the usb key and, when I get some free time, set up a cvs repo on my personal machine.
Dan
