Question on installing eclipse plugin

Question

The other day I came accross this SO question : Bash script plugin for Eclipse? , the idea is great.

So I went to the download site downloaded this plugin but I didn't install any eclipse plugin manually so I don't really have a clue how to install one.

I extracted this zip file I downloaded and it looks like this :

What should I do next, how do I install this plugin ? thank you

When I try to install it using install new software from local dir I get this error :

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software being installed: ShellEd 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97 (net.sourceforge.shelled.feature.group 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97)
  Missing requirement: ShellEd UI 0.0.0.201007201532 (net.sourceforge.shelled.ui 0.0.0.201007201532) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.dltk.launching [2.0.0,3.0.0)' but it could not be found
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: ShellEd 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97 (net.sourceforge.shelled.feature.group 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97)
    To: net.sourceforge.shelled.ui [0.0.0.201007201532]

PROBLEM 2 :

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software being installed: ShellEd 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97 (net.sourceforge.shelled.feature.group 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97)
  Missing requirement: ShellEd UI 0.0.0.201007201532 (net.sourceforge.shelled.ui 0.0.0.201007201532) requires *'bundle org.eclipse.linuxtools.man 0.0.0'* but it could not be found
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: ShellEd 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97 (net.sourceforge.shelled.feature.group 2.0.0.201007201532-1--773533H735D97)
    To: net.sourceforge.shelled.ui [0.0.0.201007201532]

I don't know what it means

Answer 1

I just successfully installed this using Drop-ins. It depends on DLTK & the linux tools man page plugin.

To install int Eclipse 3.6 Helios, Help > Install New Software:

• Install DLTK Core from the Helios Repository: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/
• Install the LinuxTools Man Page plugin from: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/linuxtools/update
• Download the ShellEd Update Site Zip, point the Update UI at the Archive and Install

Answer 2

Copy the complete folder (ShellEd-Update-2.0.0_M3) to eclipse/dropins. You should remove the site.xml file from the destination location and - I think it's still necessary - look into the features folder and extract all *.jar files (folder name = jar file name).

But you should be able to install the plugin from a local zip file source too. The "install new software" dialog should have an option...

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For clarification - of course, manual installation is not recommended. You may have trouble with missing dependencies, although OSGi is pretty robust and eclipse won't crash. Worst case: the plugin will not install (from an OSGi perspective). So if possible, use "install new software" and install plugins from the vendors internet page. If not possible: manual install, unzip the jars in feature folder and, if it still doesn't work: start eclipse with the -console option and check the status of the installed plugins. OSGi will tell you, if a plugin didn't start and why.

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The error message: The bash plugin depends on another plugin named ShellEd (Version: 2.0.0.201007201532). Looks like it is not included in the bash distribution and so you'll have to install it first (or together with bash).

You can find it here: ShellEd

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This one is also required: Dynamic language toolkit (any version between 2.0 and 3.0). This was the hint: bundle org.eclipse.dltk.launching