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Bug 357486 - Cannot install plugins when specifying a configuration directory
Summary: Cannot install plugins when specifying a configuration directory
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 350645
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-09-13 09:11 EDT by Dan Hentschel CLA
Modified: 2011-09-13 09:41 EDT (History)
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Description Dan Hentschel CLA 2011-09-13 09:11:37 EDT
Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

In Indigo, if I specify the -configuration option on the command line, then I can't install any plugins. Every one that I have tried gives the error:

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software currently installed: Shared profile 1.0.0.1308119049667 (SharedProfile_epp.package.java 1.0.0.1308119049667)
  Missing requirement: Shared profile 1.0.0.1308119049667 (SharedProfile_epp.package.java 1.0.0.1308119049667) requires 'org.maven.ide.eclipse [1.0.0.20110607-2117]' but it could not be found

I do not get this error if I try installing the same plugins without specifying -configuration on the command line. I also do not see this problem when doing the exact same thing in Helios. This is a major issue for our organization because we use shared installs of Eclipse with separate configuration directories. As of right now, we are not able to roll out Indigo to the whole organization because of this bug.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Indigo from the command line with the command: "./eclipse -configuration ~/.eclipse"
2. Help->Install New Software
3. Work with: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo
4. General Purpose Tools->Eclipse Plugin-Development Environment
5. Click "Next"

Result: "The operation cannot be completed.  See the details."
Comment 1 Matthew Piggott CLA 2011-09-13 09:41:52 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 350645 ***