How do I manually install or force the install of a plugin in Eclipse?

Question

How do I manually install a plugin in Eclipse? Or how do I force the installer to install a plugin, even when it doesn't want to?

E.g., I am trying to downgrade a plugin (an update for which contained a bug that I cannot work with). I have tried going to About Eclipse -> Installation Details -> Installation History and selecting a previous configuration, but I get errors trying to revert to one. I have also downloaded the all-in-one update for the previous version of the plugin I want to roll-back. But if I go to Install New Software -> Add -> Archive then I can select the update, but when I try to install it I am told that the plugin I'm trying to install "will be ignored because a newer version is already installed".

I need a way to install the plugin manually or force the installer to install the older version of the plugin. Doe anyone know how this can be achieved?

Answer 1

You should uninstall the current version of the plug-in before installing the older one. go to About Eclipse -> Installation Details -> Installed Software and uninstall the plug-in you want to downgrade. then try again installing it going toInstall New Software -> Add -> Archive...

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