Presented @ Eclipse Demo Camp 2009 in Krakow

1. Equinox/p2
Getting started with Equinox/p2
Tomasz Zarna
Eclipse Platform Workspace committer
IBM Poland
2009-06-27 / Eclipse DemoCamp
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2. Outline
1 Intro to p2
2 p2 folders
3 p2 Installer
4 Links
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3. Outline
1 Intro to p2
2 p2 folders
3 p2 Installer
4 Links
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4. What is p2?
p2 =
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5. What is p2?
p2 = Provisioning Platform
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6. What is p2?
p2 = Provisioning Platform
Update Manager → p2
deliver + manage = provision
Equinox/p2 Copyright c IBM Corp., 2009. All rights reserved. | 2009-06-18

7. What is p2?
p2 = Provisioning Platform
Update Manager → p2
deliver + manage = provision
new UI, simplified workflows
manage your complete install
pool your resources
avoid runtime surprises
install more than just bundles
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8. Install
Help > Install New Software. . .
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9. Auto Updates
Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Automatic Updates
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10. Bird’s eye view
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11. Outline
1 Intro to p2
2 p2 folders
3 p2 Installer
4 Links
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12. p2
plugins forced in, restart -clean
dropins installed, watched dir
install with p2 UI → uninstall with p2 UI
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13. Dropins folder formats
jar and directory
eclipse/
dropins/
org.eclipse.core.tools_1.4.0.200710121455.jar
org.eclipse.releng.tools_3.3.0.v20070412/
plugin.xml
tools.jar
... etc ...
...
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14. Dropins folder formats
application or extension layout
eclipse/
dropins/
eclipse/
features/
plugins/
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15. Dropins folder formats
additional folders for different components
eclipse/
dropins/
emf/
eclipse/
features/
plugins/
gef/
eclipse/
features/
plugins/
... etc ...
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16. Dropins folder formats
link file
eclipse/
dropins/
emf.link
emf.link
path=c:/apps/e/tools/emf
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17. Installation history
Help > About Eclipse SDK > Installation Details > Installation History
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18. Install into host
File > Export. . . > Deployable plug-ins and fragments
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19. Classic Update
Window > Preferences > General > Capabilities > Classic Update
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20. Outline
1 Intro to p2
2 p2 folders
3 p2 Installer
4 Links
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21. p2 Installer
small, less than 6MB
multi-threading
pack200 compression
dynamic mirror balancing
certificate validation
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22. The app
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23. installer.properties
eclipse.p2.metadata=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.artifacts=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.rootId=org.eclipse.sdk.ide
eclipse.p2.profileName=Eclipse SDK
eclipse.p2.launcherName=eclipse
eclipse.p2.rootVersion=3.5.0.I20090602-2000
eclipse.p2.autoStart=true
eclipse.p2.installLocation=c:/apps/e/i/I20090602-2000
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24. installer.properties
eclipse.p2.metadata=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.artifacts=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.rootId=org.eclipse.sdk.ide
eclipse.p2.profileName=Eclipse SDK
eclipse.p2.launcherName=eclipse
eclipse.p2.rootVersion=3.5.0.I20090602-2000
eclipse.p2.autoStart=true
eclipse.p2.installLocation=c:/apps/e/i/I20090602-2000
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25. installer.properties
eclipse.p2.metadata=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.artifacts=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.rootId=org.eclipse.sdk.ide
eclipse.p2.profileName=Eclipse SDK
eclipse.p2.launcherName=eclipse
eclipse.p2.rootVersion=3.5.0.I20090602-2000
eclipse.p2.autoStart=true
eclipse.p2.installLocation=c:/apps/e/i/I20090602-2000
Equinox/p2 Copyright c IBM Corp., 2009. All rights reserved. | 2009-06-18

26. installer.properties
eclipse.p2.metadata=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.artifacts=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.rootId=org.eclipse.sdk.ide
eclipse.p2.profileName=Eclipse SDK
eclipse.p2.launcherName=eclipse
eclipse.p2.rootVersion=3.5.0.I20090602-2000
eclipse.p2.autoStart=true
eclipse.p2.installLocation=c:/apps/e/i/I20090602-2000
Equinox/p2 Copyright c IBM Corp., 2009. All rights reserved. | 2009-06-18

27. installer.properties
eclipse.p2.metadata=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.artifacts=
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
eclipse.p2.rootId=org.eclipse.sdk.ide
eclipse.p2.profileName=Eclipse SDK
eclipse.p2.launcherName=eclipse
eclipse.p2.rootVersion=3.5.0.I20090602-2000
eclipse.p2.autoStart=true
eclipse.p2.installLocation=c:/apps/e/i/I20090602-2000
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28. Update sites
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-N-builds
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5milestones
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29. Update sites
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-N-builds
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5-I-builds
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.5milestones
All update sites
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Project_Update_Sites
Equinox/p2 Copyright c IBM Corp., 2009. All rights reserved. | 2009-06-18

30. Outline
1 Intro to p2
2 p2 folders
3 p2 Installer
4 Links
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31. Other stuff
p2 agent
p2 director (headless)
Mirroring remote repositories
Metadata management
API
p2 in OSGi console
. . .
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32. Links
Equinox/p2 home page
Equinox/p2 at EclipseSource
Getting started
p2 Concepts
p2 Installer
Equinox downloads
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33. Working with p2
Bugs http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs
CVS :pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org/cvsroot/rt/org.eclipse.equinox/p2/
IRC #eclipse channel at freenode.net
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34. Thank you
Thank you
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