Hi, * Dan Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> [2008-01-11 20:33]: > > 1) Installing updates: > > a) First time I installed update as a normal user, I noticed that updates > was falling all over itself when it could not write to > /usr/share/eclipse nor to /usr/lib/eclipse directory due to permission > errors. Ok, so I created a group name, added to that group name a > list of allowable "updaters" and chgrp -R, chmod 775, the above > directorys. If there is a proper way of doing this please let me know. We carry a patch that makes this just work. You should not be prompted to install into /usr/share but rather it should by default go into ~/.eclipse somewhere. > b) I wanted to install all of the 'new stuff', that is BIRT, C/C++, etc., > and I quickly discovered that some of the items on the list should > be avoided, such as 'change log', and 'The Eclipse Project' patches. > Why these are there, I do not know - but they are sure as heck annoying > as a newbie if you have no clue. Hey! That's me! ;-/ If you wanted > install 'everything', what is the safe way to go about it and what > would you choose and what would you avoid? Are there any other > 'packages' that are not in the updater list that are also available? I'm very confused by what you're trying to accomplish here. Please elaborate. > c) I know I did not select 'Eclipse Patches', so why in the heck are these > RCP patches appearing in my above mentioned directories? What is 'Eclipse Patches'? > d) I noticed from time to time that when in the middle of an installation, > invariably the network drops and there is an incomplete installation. > I have had to remove eclipse and start over especially when the > the configuration is a mess. Maybe I am going about this in the wrong > way - but what is your advice? Are you running Fedora Eclipse or an upstream download? > e) I was playing around and clicked Help->Welcome toobar menu item, > and boom! It killed the eclipse IDE, everytime I tried it. Bug? I've never experienced this. If you're running Fedora Eclipse, feel free to file a bug with all the relevant info (which VM, which arch, output of for f in `rpm -qa | egrep "swt|eclipse"; do rpm -qV $f && echo $f; done, etc.) Andrew
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