[Rob Seegel]

I need to use MyEclipse in a closed off environment where I will have no ability to connect to external update servers or sites – period. Any updates I will have to try to do locally or perform them outside and import them into the evironment after the fact. Even proxies are not an option, and not something I can change.

This was very doable with older versions of MyEclipse which continue to provide value, but I would like to take advantage of newer capabilities. These capabillities do not include provisioning or update “conveniences”. Any sort of (auto)update functionality that I cannot configure or disable to prevent the IDE from constantly calling out to hosts that will never be reachable provides no value for my circumstance. It detracts.

What options do I have, if any, with newer versions of Eclipse? My experiences with 7.5 have been frustrating, and I’ve reverted back to earlier versions. Up until now, MyEclipse has been a very valuable tool for me, but I will have to pursue alternatives if this isn’t possible.

Thanks in advance for any information.

[Brian Fernandes]

rcseege,

You can install MyEclipse 8.6 offline using our all in one installer or you can use our archived update site. In the case of the latter, you will not receive any of the Pulse functionality wrt. updates, collaboration and profile management, which is what I believe you were referring to – it will use the standard Eclipse update mechanisms.

As far as functioning when offline, whichever way you install MyEclipse, it will function without issue when offline, with the exception of functionality which relies on a net connection, like some parts of Maven which requires a connection to download artifacts. To install new software and apply updates, if you wish to do so, you would need to use archived update sites that you download using some external means.

What has been your problem with MyEclipse 7.5, exactly – our configuration center will, for instance try to connect to the Internet, but if a connection is not available, it will work fine in offline mode. Is the fact that it attempts to connect a problem for you? Any other issues?

[Rob Seegel]

The information about 8.6 is good news, and I will try upgrading that route. As for 7.5, I did find some of the answers from searching through the forum. I only asked because I was unsure where things currently stood. There were some questions where tracking information was requested, etc.

Various things such as ensuring the dashboard wasn’t set to come up among other things helped somewhat. I also did some minor surgery on configuration files (after first backing things up) which also seemed to help, though I wasn’t comfortable with it, because sometimes the impact of such changes is significant but not immediately obvious. I would *much* rather upgrade and go with a blessed solution rather than use a machete to hack one together. The whole reason I have a subscription is to avoid resorting to this sort of thing. Ideally, I would have liked a checkbutton somewhere that could be set to temporarily disable all internal components from calling out, unless the host/port appeared on an a list of exceptions. I realize that something like this is a pain because of the wide variety of tools that could attempt to establish a connection, but perhaps it would be easier if only applied to auto-update mechanisms. Just a thought…

Incidentally, I find provisioning mechanisms fine for own private work on the outside and even helpful. Unfortunately, my personal environment is much different from my work environment, though there are times even outside of work that I’m working offline, where having the IDE try to call out is annoying.

I haven’t tried the latest version yet, but I’m looking forward to it. Thanks for the quick response!

Rob

[Rob Seegel]

As far as Maven goes, I haven’t looked into the options, but I’d expect to be able to replace the repository location with my own that I am running at work that contains those artifacts we use (or have used). I’m guessing this is probably possible, I just haven’t looked into it with any depth. Our internal Maven solution doesn’t rely on the IDE at present so it will be interesting to evaluate. Thanks again.

Rob

[Brian Fernandes]

Rob,

Yes, you should be able to replace with a local repository – if the artifacts are present, then there is no need for Internet access.

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