Why eclipse doesn't see derby plug-ins?

Question

I'm knew to eclipse and as expected I have a problem.

Problem with installing

• derby_core_plugin_10.8.2.zip
• derby_ui_doc_plugin_1.1.3.zip

from http://db.apache.org/derby/releases/release-10.8.2.2.html

I've read manual that says "download zips, extract them to ECLIPSE_HOME , they should be in /plugins directory and then restart eclipse", but that doesn't work.

Also I tried to restart eclipse with -clean option, again no result.

The magic "Apache Derby" option in project context menu doesn't appear.

I'm working with the latest release of eclipse luna and old eclipse workspace (mean that workspace stayed from previous release). At the moment I'm guessing that cause is .metadata folder, is it ?

Answer 1

After some research I found that plugins in zips derby_core_plugin_10.8.2 and derby_ui_doc_plugin_1.1.3 are no longer supported not just by Apache Derby project, but also in Eclipse IDE. As I know this plugins work well in Eclipse versions 3.XX , but for now the latest available eclipse realease have varsion 4.XX and there is no option to have them in this version.