Eclipse plugin directory structure¶

The Eclipse plugin directory structure defines the specific folder hierarchy required to manually install or extract plugins into the Eclipse IDE's dropins directory^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md]. This method allows for the offline management of plugins, such as console Grep, by organizing their component files into a standardized layout^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md].

Directory Layout¶

To manually install a plugin, a root directory (e.g., named after the plugin) must be created. This root folder contains an eclipse subdirectory, which holds the actual plugin artifacts^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md].

The structure follows this format^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md]:

[plugin-name]/
    eclipse/
        features/   <- Paste feature files here
        plugins/    <- Paste plugin files here

Integration¶

Once the files are organized in this structure, the entire root directory (e.g., console/) should be placed into the dropins folder within the main Eclipse installation directory^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md].

The target location in the Eclipse installation looks like this^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md]:

eclipse/
    dropins/
         [plugin-name]/eclipse/
            features/
            plugins/

Sources¶

^[600-developer-tools-extract-the-eclipse-plugin.md]