Re: WDSC configuration problem halts plug-in installation

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/30/2006 03:16:27 PM:

Because of our firewall I have downloaded the WDSC RSE extensions and 

run 

it.  Now I have to install it from the local disk.  When you do this 
install where does it put these extensions and what are their names.  I 
can't find them and it does not give you a chance to change them.  Could 

some one tell me the correct procedure for installing when I have 
downloaded the RSE extensions. 

The RSE Extensions always should be initially installed via the .exe 
installer.  Be default this installs into:

[Program Files]\SoftLanding\RSE Extensions

And it then adds a .link file in WDSC that tells WDSC about the plugins. 
The installer had a screen that showed you this and allowed the location 
to be changed.  See:

http://support.softlanding.com/opensource/site/install.html

As the documentation on that page states, if you already have the RSE 
Extensions installed, then the installer skips most of the screens since 
it is just updating the existing installation.

If you are not seeing the extensions, you are most likely suffering from 
the all to common problem where you have to cleanup the WDSC install.  To 
do this, navigate to 

[Program Files]\IBM\Rational\SDP\6.0\eclipse\configuration

And delete the two folders:

org.eclipse.osgi
org.eclipse.update

When you restart WDSC (it will take a little longer) it will recreate 
those files and fix your installation.

Mark