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In order to help solution vendors to facilitating installation of their solution, there are three ways for the MPC user to install a solution.
 
In order to help solution vendors to facilitating installation of their solution, there are three ways for the MPC user to install a solution.
  
* Select the right marketplace and search for the solution
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* Inside MPC: Select a marketplace and search for the solution, click Install
 
* DnD a MPC-enriched hyperlink into the running Eclipse instance
 
* DnD a MPC-enriched hyperlink into the running Eclipse instance
 
* Navigate to a MPC-enriched hyperlink with the Eclipse-internal browser
 
* Navigate to a MPC-enriched hyperlink with the Eclipse-internal browser
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User are now able to drag and drop this link into their running Eclipse instance to install the defined solution.
 
User are now able to drag and drop this link into their running Eclipse instance to install the defined solution.
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=== Related Tasks ===
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* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=336154 336154]: solution vendors can obtain a URL facilitating installation of their solution
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* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=336156 336156]: user can DnD url from web browser into Eclipse to start MPC install sequence

Latest revision as of 07:28, 7 March 2011

Overview

This guide provides information for providers of marketplace instances that are called by the Eclipse Marketplace Client (MPC).

End-User URLs for solutions

In order to help solution vendors to facilitating installation of their solution, there are three ways for the MPC user to install a solution.

  • Inside MPC: Select a marketplace and search for the solution, click Install
  • DnD a MPC-enriched hyperlink into the running Eclipse instance
  • Navigate to a MPC-enriched hyperlink with the Eclipse-internal browser

For the last two solutions, the marketplace needs to put a link on the web presentation of their solution that contains the necessary information for MPC. Here is an example for such a link:

<p>
<a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/marketplace-client-intro?mpc_install=1376">Simple Install Link</a>
</p>

To improve the user expierence, also images can be used to link to the install target:

<p>
<a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/marketplace-client-intro?mpc_install=1376">
<img src="misc/mpcInstall.png" />
</a>
</p>


Requirements

User are now able to drag and drop this link into their running Eclipse instance to install the defined solution.

Related Tasks

  • 336154: solution vendors can obtain a URL facilitating installation of their solution
  • 336156: user can DnD url from web browser into Eclipse to start MPC install sequence

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