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The director application is a headless way of performing some of the p2 operations such as installing or uninstalling installable units. Given the appropriate metadata, this application is capable on provisioning a complete installation from scratch or simply extending your application.zip
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The [http://help.eclipse.org/latest/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html director application] is a headless way of performing some of the p2 operations such as installing or uninstalling installable units. Given the appropriate metadata, this application is capable of provisioning a complete installation from scratch or simply extending your application.  
  
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Depending on the needs, this application can be executed inside or outside of the application being provisioned. For complete documentation on the director, including a full list of supported arguments and related examples, see the official [http://help.eclipse.org/latest/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html p2 director documentation].
  
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== Scripted Examples ==
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* [[Equinox_p2_director_application/Examples/Install_into_dropins|Install into eclipse/dropins/]]
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* [[Equinox_p2_director_application/Examples/Install_into_dropins_with_link_file|Install into eclipse/dropins/ with .link file]]
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* [[Equinox_p2_director_application/Examples/Install_into_eclipse_using_SDKProfile|Install into eclipse/ using SDKProfile]] (the [[Equinox_p2_Update_UI_Users_Guide|p2 Update UI]]'s default behaviour)
  
[[Category:Equinox_p2|Director application]]
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== See Also ==
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* [http://help.eclipse.org/stable/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html Installing software using the p2 director application]
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[[Category:Equinox_p2|Director application]] [[Category:Equinox_p2_Director]]

Latest revision as of 10:56, 10 January 2020

The director application is a headless way of performing some of the p2 operations such as installing or uninstalling installable units. Given the appropriate metadata, this application is capable of provisioning a complete installation from scratch or simply extending your application.

Depending on the needs, this application can be executed inside or outside of the application being provisioned. For complete documentation on the director, including a full list of supported arguments and related examples, see the official p2 director documentation.

Scripted Examples

See Also

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