If I get a spare time-slot I'll give it a go again, but as I said a couple of emails ago, I did that 2 days ago to remove the GEP after I needed to get rid of it. Therefore, the latest install *was* clean (apart from a few preferences I'd changed and importing my formatting settings. Windows was only re-installed from scratch about 4 weeks ago. You can't be suggesting that everyone ought to re-install Eclipse from scratch and than immediately install the GEP before they even leave the welcome screen it they want to be sure, can you And I know you keep giving me the longinstall link, but I have only ever been trying to install the plugin and GWT 1.6.4 SDK. Even it that weren't the case, surely progress would have increased by at least 1 percent when left for 8 or 9 hours overnight?
But if I get a break where I don't need to use Eclipse for a while, I'll re-install it and try from scratch again. Ian http://examples.roughian.com 2009/4/21 Rajeev Dayal <rda...@google.com> > Hey Ian, > > If you're ok with reinstalling Eclipse, this is what I'd suggest: > > 1) Blow away your old version of Eclipse, and install a completely clean > version of Eclipse > 2) Start it up with a completely new workspace > 3) Try to install the plugin as before, *BUT make sure you follow the > instructions in this FAQ entry before hitting the install button: > http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/faq.html#longinstall* > > That should get you going, and completely past the hangs that happen in > Eclipse 3.4 in the "Computing Requirements and Dependencies" step of the > install process. > > If you're not ok with reinstalling Eclipse, let me know, and we can try and > work through removing all the old, corrupted artifacts of the failed plugin > installs so that you can install the plugin from scratch. > > > Rajeev > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Update... >> I just uninstalled the GWT SDK, and then the plug-in and applied the >> changes. Both disappeared from the Installed Software tab. >> >> I restarted Eclipse. >> >> Now I have 'Google Plugin for Eclipse 3.4' on the Installed Software tab, >> but if I select it, the Uninstall button remains disabled. >> >> I also have 'Plugin' under Google Update Site for Eclipse 3.4 on the >> Available Software tab, but if I select it, the Install button remains >> disabled. >> >> I'm a bit stuck for options here. >> >> Ian >> >> http://examples.roughian.com >> >> >> 2009/4/21 Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi Rajeev, >>> I've got: >>> >>> Eclipse Version: 3.4.0 - Build id: I20080617-2000 >>> >>> java.runtime.version=1.6.0_13-b03 >>> >>> As I said, if I go to Software Updates, Installed Software shows the GEP >>> and GWT SDK as installed. Available Software shows the plugin (but no >>> install option is available) and the AppEngine SDK, but if there is another >>> way to check, just let me know - Help | About | Plug-in details doesn't show >>> it. >>> >>> It locked up during "computing requirements and dependencies" >>> >>> The only errors to do with Google showing in the log are from failed >>> compiles back when I tried to use the GEP the first time. >>> >>> I've reset the perspective - nothing happened except that I had to put it >>> back how I like it :-) (only takes a moment) >>> >>> I'm quite happy to play about if it's any use, but apart from repeatedly >>> uninstalling and re-installing, I'm not too sure what to do next. >>> >>> Ian >>> >>> http://examples.roughian.com >>> >>> >>> 2009/4/21 Rajeev Dayal <rda...@google.com> >>> >>> Hey Ian, >>>> >>>> Just thought I'd mention that I tried something to repro your problem. >>>> Our plugin does not work if you're running Eclipse under a pre-1.5 JVM, and >>>> some of the symptoms that we've seen is that the plugin icons/menu >>>> contributions will not show up. However, we've only seen this when we've >>>> been using Eclipse's dev environment to debug the plugin. >>>> >>>> I tried to repro this by running clean Eclipse 3.3 and Eclipse 3.4 >>>> installs with a 1.4 JVM, but Eclipse did not even run - it threw up an >>>> error >>>> dialog indicating that a 1.5+ JVM is required. So, it looks like a pre-1.5 >>>> JVM cannot cause this sort of problem with the plugin out in the field. >>>> >>>> >>>> Rajeev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Rajeev Dayal <rda...@google.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Ian, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the information. Responses inline: >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Rajeev, >>>>>> Thanks for the response. >>>>>> >>>>>> When you tried to install it again, did you install it in a clean >>>>>>> version of Eclipse, or was it the version that you were using with all >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> failed installation attempts? It may be the case that you need to >>>>>>> uninstall >>>>>>> the plugin, and then try to reinstall it. Preferably, if possible, start >>>>>>> with a clean install of Eclipse and a clean workspace, and try and >>>>>>> install >>>>>>> again (but follow the instructions in the FAQ entry mentioned above - >>>>>>> they >>>>>>> will greatly speed up the install process). >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It was a clean, new Eclipse installation. I was only trying to install >>>>>> the GEP and the GWT SDK, nothing else. Eclipse locked up showing 31% >>>>>> completed, nothing moving except the progress indicator (no actual >>>>>> progress, >>>>>> just animation). Cancel didn't do anything (except disable the cancel >>>>>> button) and after some time - in the region of 30 minutes - I went back >>>>>> and >>>>>> nothing had changed. There was no option but to kill it in task manager. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is definitely odd. It must have been some network problem, but I'm >>>>> not sure which side it occurred on. One thing I do know is that Eclipse >>>>> does >>>>> not fail gracefully in such situations. Do you remember exactly what text >>>>> was in the dialog at the time? Was it saying something like "computing >>>>> requirements and dependencies", or was it saying "downloading", or maybe >>>>> "installing"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The second attempt of the current series, it installed in 30 seconds >>>>>> or so. I'm not sure exactly, I was watching TV, but it wasn't long at >>>>>> all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now if I go to Software Updates, Installed Software shows the GEP and >>>>>> GWT SDK as installed. Available Software shows the plugin (but no install >>>>>> option is available) and the AppEngine SDK. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does Installed Software also show the plugin as installed? Available >>>>> Software should really not have any of the components as installable, if >>>>> they've already been installed (unless you have the "Include items that >>>>> have >>>>> already been installed" checkbox checked). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> The IDE doesn't have the two icons I had when it finally installed >>>>>> last time, ordinary menu options are also not there (in File|New, or >>>>>> right-clicking a project - nothing new) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Try going to Window -> Reset Perspective (or, on the Mac, Eclipse -> >>>>> Reset Perspective). Does that help? Also, do you see any errors reported >>>>> in >>>>> the error log? Go to Window -> Show View -> Error Log (or, on the Mac, >>>>> Eclipse -> Show View -> Error Log) to display the error log view. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sorry that you had to go through all of this. Bad things can >>>>>>> happen when components are not properly installed, as you experienced. >>>>>>> This >>>>>>> should not be the normal experience at all. Is your project/Eclipse >>>>>>> back in >>>>>>> a working state? If not, let me know and I'll help you to get it back to >>>>>>> normal. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, despite unchecking the project as a GWT one in the GEP options, >>>>>> and after the uninstall apparently working OK, there were still GEP >>>>>> changes >>>>>> in there stopping the project working. Having sorted that out, as I said, >>>>>> context assist didn't know about GWT classes. That is now fixed, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> I tried the -clean option (thanks Isaac) but unfortunately it didn't >>>>>> make any difference. That was after restarting Eclipse, then rebooting >>>>>> the >>>>>> machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not particularly worried about getting it working. As I said, I >>>>>> was only re-installing it in order to answer the questions I was asked >>>>>> before. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for going through all of this in order to give us some useful >>>>> information. We appreciate it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
