Install Issue - Groovy-Eclipse Plugin ver 2.0 on IBM RAD ver 7.5.5

Since RAD 7.5.5 is based on Eclipse 3.4, you should be using this update site:

http://ci.repository.codehaus.org/greclipse/snapshot/e34/

It looks like you are. But, there is another issue. This version of Groovy-Eclipse requires the JDT feature that was shipped with Eclipse 3.4.2. The version string is this:

3.4.2.r342_v20081217-7o7tEAoEEDWEm5HTrKn-svO4BbDI

It may be that RAD 7.5.5 ships with a different version of the JDT feature. Can you have a look in your features directory and see what version of JDT is installed?

Yes, I used the link -> http://ci.repository.codehaus.org/greclipse/snapshot/e34/

When I checked the 'features' folder (under IBM RAD installation root folder) on my machine, it is empty.
But When I browsed menu options on IBM RAD such as 'Help->About Rational Application Developer->Feature Details',
the screen displayed a Eclipse JDT as one of the features. I am sharing here exactly what I see on Features list.

Eclipse.org Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.4.2.r342_v20081217-7o7tEAoEEDWEm5HTrKn-svO4BbDI org.eclipse.jdt

Does it mean, eclipse JDT has already been installed?

Yes, JDT is already installed in RAD, but that's not the problem. Groovy-Eclipse ships with a feature patch for JDT that augments the feature with our compiler extensions. For Eclipse 3.4, it was only possible to patch a specific version of the feature, but for 3.5+, it is possible to specify a range of features to patch.

Unfortunately, the information I see isn't really telling me much yet. Can you attach your eclipse/RAD configuration?

Go to the same place where you grabbed your feature info and click on Configuration. Can you send me the text that you see there?

I am attaching two snapshot images as per your note. I dont see any 'Configuration' link/button out there.

1) IBM RAD - Features list.JPG: This is a snapshot when I browsed menu options as metioned in my original note. (i.e. 'Help->About Rational Application Developer->Feature Details')

2) Plugins by feature jdt.JPG: On 'Features Details' window, I selected the line 'Eclipse JDT'. It can also be seen in the image mentioned in point 1. And then, I clicked button 'plugin details'. I see a new window with a list of all the plugins contributed by JDT feature on this image.

Are my previous notes helpful for you to get what you were looking for?

I thought to check if you have any updates?

Hi Madhav,

All feature versions of your RAD installation look OK to me. So, I am not too sure why you are unable to install. I'm hoping to hear a response from someone on the RAD team who may have some advice for you.

Is there any chance that you can update to a version of RAD based on 3.6? We are no longer officially supporting the 3.4-based Groovy-Eclipse.

I am having the same issue with RAD 7.5.

The dependencies are all there with the exact version numbers. The only difference I can see is that RAD stores its plugins/features folders in a "shared" location that is not in the base RAD folder.
(C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP70Shared)

Is Groovy-eclipse assuming these plugins will be in the base folder of the RAD installation?

Groovy-Eclipse itself is agnostic as to where the plugins are installed. However, there are several bugs open on Eclipse itself that prevents proper install if the location is read-only. Is your C:\Program Files read-only? (It is on windows 7.)

I know that RAD is based on Eclipse, but they must have solved the shared install problem somehow. Try ensuring that your install location is writable. If that doesn't help, then please attach a copy of the error log.

My error log exactly matches the one Madhav posted above.

I am running XP and yes c:\Program Files is writable

Also as a side note... Version 1 of the plugin installs correctly from here: http://dist.codehaus.org/groovy/distributions/update/

Any other ideas?

Sorry, but there is not much more that we can do for the Eclipse 3.4 version. There are several things about feature patch installs that were fundamentally broken in that version of Eclipse. Much of this has since been addressed (with the notable exception of shared installs and a writable plugins directory).

The best that I can suggest is that you upgrade to a version of RAD that is based on 3.5 or later.

The attached file is the detail of the failure to install the plugin.

I am relatively new to groovy and not a RAD expert, but would like to get this working.

Thanks

I'm guessing that there is no way that you can upgrade to RAD 8.0? It is based on Eclipse 3.6 and should therefore avoid most of the problems that you are having. The root problem may be the way that RAD stores its features and plugins in a "shared" folder makes it unable to work with feature patches (at least for the Eclipse 3.4-based version). Unfortunately, there's not much more I can do since we no longer support Groovy-Eclipse on Eclipse 3.4.

I am resolving this as Won't fix since we can't do much for RAD 7.5.5 since we no longer support Groovy-Eclipse on Eclipse 3.4. I'm willing to look at this again if someone is having a problem with RAD 8.0 or later, but so far no one has mentioned there being any problems with installs on later versions of RAD.

I would also like to see this resolved without waiting to RAD 8.0.
Seems a shame I can't take advantage of the editor features and have to resort to using RAD like a notepad for groovy files. RAD is always lagging behind the current eclipse version by about 2 major releases. It'd be nice to include use IBM tool users.