Eclipse plugin installation from Project File

Question

I want to install eclipse plugin Agilereview from following link:

https://github.com/AgileReview-Project/AgileReview-EclipsePlugin

I downloaded the zip and unzipped it. I added it in eclipse as project and many projects added into workspace. When I tried to select all those projects and export them as deploy-able plugins in eclipse repository, eclipse doesn't allow it and always show error like plugin file missing. A problem is the zip file include many folders and many of those folder has its own plugin.xml file. Therefore, I think this Agilereview plugin itself is a combination of many plugins. I am sure that plugin is okay and its my mistake to install it.

Can anyone tell me, what is the mistake I am doing while installation? I want to install this plugin manually since later I need to optimize it.

Answer 1

Each of the folders org.agilereview.xxx is a separate Eclipse project. So you should use 'Import > Existing Projects into Workspace' to import these projects.

Since there are pom.xml files it looks like you should use maven and tycho to build the code.

Answer 2

For building RCP applications and plugins like Agilereview, which itself is a combination of many projects, you can check out the following tutorial:

http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseTycho/article.html

Eclipsetycho provides support for building eclipse components.

Install the maven eclipse tool, which will make your work easy.

http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases

This is a pretty complex process, so spend some time to learn from the tutorial.