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Bug 320383 - You must be administrator to install plugins when eclipse installed under c:\Program Files\eclipse
Summary: You must be administrator to install plugins when eclipse installed under c:\...
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 322929
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-07-20 08:33 EDT by Trond Mising name CLA
Modified: 2010-09-06 02:53 EDT (History)
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Description Trond Mising name CLA 2010-07-20 08:33:37 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20100617-1415

In Helios J2EE for Win 7 64-bit, I cannot get Subversive to work when I install it while running eclipse as non-administrator. Installing Subversive from the Helios update site semms to run smooth, but when I restart Eclipse it seems like it doesn't exist although it's listed as an installed plugin. There is no SVN entry in Windows - Preferences, and I can only share a project through CVS. 

If I run eclipse.exe as administrator from Windows Explorer and install Subversibe, it works fine afterwards, also when running eclipse as non-admin. Is this a general problem when running as non-administrator?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download Helios J2EE for Win7 64-bit
2. Extract eclipse-folder to C:\Program Files\
3. Double click eclipse.exe in the above location
4. Install Subversive SVN Team Provider from http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios
5. Restart eclipse when asked to
6. Try to share a project. There is no option to choose SVN as version control system.
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2010-07-20 08:41:35 EDT 
I think this is intentional but not 100% positive.
Comment 2 Paul Webster CLA 2010-07-20 08:42:29 EDT 
Did you install eclipse as administrator and then run the multi-user install steps?  http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/multi_user_installs.html

After that, your non-admin user should be able to install from the update site.

PW
Comment 3 Trond Mising name CLA 2010-07-20 08:53:47 EDT 
Thanks, but I don't find these steps very clear. Should I aim for Scenario #3 - shared configuration? And what is Eqiunox, I wonder? The plugin install feature?

-Trond

(In reply to comment #2)
> Did you install eclipse as administrator and then run the multi-user install
> steps? 
> http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/multi_user_installs.html
> 
> After that, your non-admin user should be able to install from the update site.
> 
> PW
Comment 4 Francis Upton IV CLA 2010-07-20 10:43:07 EDT 
Could this be the same as bug 320153?

Even if you are not the administrator, did the installation complete without errors, but the plugins were not there? If so, then I think that in itself is a problem, the installation should fail if the plugins are not going to be present.
Comment 5 Ian Bull CLA 2010-09-06 02:53:39 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 322929 ***