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When installing MyEclpise 7.1.1 I specified that I wanted two directories created:
c:\cfx\myeclipse\myeclipse7
c:\cfx\myeclpise\commonHowever, in addition to these two directories, the installer also created and populated the following directories:
c:\program files\genuitec\common
c:\program files\genuitec\pulse explorerIs there a particular reason the selected directories were not used?
Thanks!
LarryD
Larry D.
Sorry for the inconvinience. To replicate your scenario here can you answer few questions for me –
1. Can you copy and paste your installation details for me to investigate this further? You need to go to MyEclipse > Installation Summary > Installation Detail.
2. How did you install MyEclipse? Did you login as an administrator and install?
3. What is the method you have used to install? Did you use pulse, did you download the all-in-one installer, did you update from Eclipse?
This will help me understand your current environment. Thanks for your help.It is known that the ME 7.x installer does not properly handle changes to the install-locations, without special configuration changes. These have been documented on this forum, but I can’t find them quickly enough to add a link here.
HTH
Ton2 & 3: It’s a brand new clean install of the all-in-one installer for 7.1.1 on a brand new clean machine.
1: *** Date:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:38:43 AM CDT** System properties:
OS=WindowsXP
OS version=5.1.0
Java version=1.5.0_11*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench
Version: 7.1.1
Build id: 7.1.1-20090310*** Eclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise WorkbenchVersion: 7.1.1
Build id: 7.1.1-20090310Eclipse startup command=-os
win32
-ws
win32
-arch
x86
-showsplash
-launcher
C:\cfx\myeclipse\myeclipse7\myeclipse.exe
-name
Myeclipse
–launcher.library
C:\cfx\myeclipse\myeclipse7\../common\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.101.R34x_v20080731\eclipse_1115.dll
-startup
C:\cfx\myeclipse\myeclipse7\../common\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.101.R34x_v20080819.jar
-clean
-configuration
configuration
-vm
C:\cfx\myeclipse\common\binary\com.sun.java.jre.win32.x86_1.5.0.011\bin\client\jvm.dll@support-joy wrote:
Larry D.
Sorry for the inconvinience. To replicate your scenario here can you answer few questions for me –
1. Can you copy and paste your installation details for me to investigate this further? You need to go to MyEclipse > Installation Summary > Installation Detail.
2. How did you install MyEclipse? Did you login as an administrator and install?
3. What is the method you have used to install? Did you use pulse, did you download the all-in-one installer, did you update from Eclipse?
This will help me understand your current environment. Thanks for your help.Maybe it extracts them there, copies them then forgets to delete the originals. What happens if you just delete them?
It’s clear that the directories and files are not redundant…
@rmcvay wrote:
Maybe it extracts them there, copies them then forgets to delete the originals. What happens if you just delete them?
Hi,
I did experience the same problem, posted a while back: https://www.genuitec.com/forums/topic/installation-path/
@CARFAX wrote:
It’s clear that the directories and files are not redundant…
Not from the start up. I guess you see them referenced elsewhere in the config info or … ?
However, in addition to these two directories, the installer also created and populated the following directories:
c:\program files\genuitec\common
c:\program files\genuitec\pulse explorerIs there a particular reason the selected directories were not used?
There are application resources that are required at a universal install level that don’t belong in the workspace. These are created to make the changes visible if the install is shared across multiple people.
I suppose that ‘it is what it is’, but may I suggest a design change? Instead of disregarding the user preference, could the installer simply let the person know that these files must be accessible to all users? I greatly prefer to keep the install all within a directory structure of my choosing instead of having it scattered…
Thanks!
LarryD
@support-joy wrote:
However, in addition to these two directories, the installer also created and populated the following directories:
c:\program files\genuitec\common
c:\program files\genuitec\pulse explorerIs there a particular reason the selected directories were not used?
There are application resources that are required at a universal install level that don’t belong in the workspace. These are created to make the changes visible if the install is shared across multiple people.
When you run the all-in-one installer, it’s both Pulse and MyEclipse that are getting installed, not just MyEclipse.
We decided to make the MyEclipse installation *seem* easier by not asking for a Pulse directory, we just go ahead and install it to the default install dir without asking, so when we *do* ask for an install dir, it’s *just* for MyEclipse.
In addition to what Nipun mentioned, you can sort of trick the Pulse-portion of the install to go anywhere you want by modifying the .pulse2.locator file contained in your user.home directory — it simply contains the path of where you want Pulse installed. When you fire up the installer, it will see that, use that dir for Pulse, and then ask you for the MyEclipse dir.
@support-joy wrote:
There are application resources that are required at a universal install level that don’t belong in the workspace. These are created to make the changes visible if the install is shared across multiple people.
https://www.genuitec.com/forums/topic/installation-directories-not-honored/#post-296790
It seems rather counter intuitive to have ‘universal’ settings contained in a single user’s home directory.
