[allumbra@gmail.com]

I recently resubscribed to myeclipse after a long hiatus and things have change significantly. Instead of being able to manage my own plugins, there is this “service” called pulse. I am trying to install the Granite Data Services plugin. The only way to do this currently is to drop the jar located here: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=183386&filename=org.granite.builder_2.0.0.GA.jar&a=55227248 into the plugins directory.

I tried loading this using the “add archive” button. but it gives me the error: “no repository found out file:jar……”

I am running on a mac. If I could figure out where the eclipse plugins folder is, I would have dropped it in there, but it myeclipse has hidden it away.

Can someone please let me know a method to install this plugin and other plugins that come in the form of jars that need to be dropped in the plugins dir?

Thanks

[Scott Anderson]

Allumbra,

Sorry for the confusion. The “add archive” button is for adding update sites, not plugin jars so you’re correct that that does not work. However, there is a simple way to add your jar file to the configuration.

If you open the MyEclipse install directory you’ll see a subdirectory called ‘dropins’. Simply place your jar file into the dropins folder and it will be loaded each time MyEclipse starts. We wrote a blog on exactly how this works (with screenshots) here: http://www.jroller.com/page/myeclipseblog?anchor=adding_drop_ins_to_myeclipse

[rmcvay]

Slight correction. You can’t just put the jar into the dropins. You have to extract the jar into the dropins.

[Scott Anderson]

Ray,

Excellent clarification on the extraction; it’s actually dependent on the format of the jar and whether it’s simply a plugin itself, or something else (like multiple plugins, etc). Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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