"Help->install new software" fails to run from source code

Question

my question is why Update manager fails with message: "Could not locate the running profile instance. The eclipse.p2.data.area and eclipse.p2.profile properties may not be set correctly in this application's config.ini file." when i run my application from source code only. 1.using eclipse indigo: 2. i do have VM argument
-Declipse.p2.data.area=C:\devApp\eclipse\eclipse-standard-kepler-SR2-win32-x86_64\eclipse\p2

Answer 1

You need to check "Support software installation in the launched application" under "Software Installation" in your run configuration's Configuration tab.