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== Overview of the Eclipse Provisioning RCP Agent == | == Overview of the Eclipse Provisioning RCP Agent == | ||
* The RCP shows three views: | * The RCP shows three views: | ||
| + | ** The '''Metadata Repositories''' view shows those metadata repositories known by the provisioning infrastructure. | ||
| + | ***You can (and should) ignore those repositories located in your c:/equinox.prov directory. Those are the repositories containing the RCP agent application. | ||
| + | ***The repository of interest is the repository located on eclipse.org (http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/equinox/provisioning/metadata/). | ||
| + | ***You may add or remove repositories using this view. | ||
| + | ***Expanding a metadata repository will show you the installable units (IU's) available for installing. | ||
| + | ***You may examine the properties of repositories or IU's | ||
| + | ***You may install an IU to a specified profile using drag and drop or the popup menu. | ||
* The '''Window>Preferences...''' menu item lets you control some application preferences: | * The '''Window>Preferences...''' menu item lets you control some application preferences: | ||
** You can control whether drag and drop operations should be confirmed first | ** You can control whether drag and drop operations should be confirmed first | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 2 August 2007
Contents
About the Eclipse Provisioning RCP Agent
- If you have not yet downloaded the Eclipse Provisioning RCP agent, see Getting started with M1.
- The agent RCP application allows you to install (and uninstall) an Eclipse 3.3 SDK using the Equinox Provisioning framework that is being developed in the Equinox Incubator.
- The agent application itself is structured on top of the provisioning framework, so you can (purposefully or inadvertantly) modify the agent application by manipulating it within the application.
- The UI for the RCP app is based on a provisioning admin UI that is being used by the provisioning team to manipulate the environment. It is not intended to demonstrate any actual provisioning UI would be delivered in Eclipse.
- The workflow we are trying to demonstrate is very narrow, yet the UI is more flexible in allowing you to add/remove repositories and profiles. Failures are brittle (vague error reporting that requires you to check your .log file).
Overview of the Eclipse Provisioning RCP Agent
- The RCP shows three views:
- The Metadata Repositories view shows those metadata repositories known by the provisioning infrastructure.
- You can (and should) ignore those repositories located in your c:/equinox.prov directory. Those are the repositories containing the RCP agent application.
- The repository of interest is the repository located on eclipse.org (http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/equinox/provisioning/metadata/).
- You may add or remove repositories using this view.
- Expanding a metadata repository will show you the installable units (IU's) available for installing.
- You may examine the properties of repositories or IU's
- You may install an IU to a specified profile using drag and drop or the popup menu.
- The Metadata Repositories view shows those metadata repositories known by the provisioning infrastructure.
- The Window>Preferences... menu item lets you control some application preferences:
- You can control whether drag and drop operations should be confirmed first
- You can control whether you view all IU's in the repositories and profiles, or just those that have been marked as a "group" IU. Viewing groups only helps reduce the clutter when you are trying to find something like the SDK.