This script is a command line utility that can be used to install/uninstall/update plugins from any type of update site into the DVT Eclipse distribution.

Usage: $DVT_HOME/bin/dvt_plugin_installer.sh ...

    [-i|install <feature>]*
        - The name of the feature to be installed

    [-d|delete|uninstall <feature>]*
        - The name of the feature to be uninstalled

    [-u|update <feature>]*
        - The name of the feature to be updated

    [-r|repo|repository <uri>]*
        - Repository URI or filesystem path

    [-t|target <dir>]
        - Path to the Eclipse directory where the plugins will be installed (default $DVT_HOME/eclipse)

    [-w|workspace <dir>]
        - Temporary workspace directory for this script (default /tmp/)

    [-s|simulate]
        - Simulate the operation

    [-li|list_installed]
        - List installed features

    [-h|help]
        - Display this help

Examples

Update DVT offline from a downloaded archived update site:

$DVT_HOME/bin/dvt_plugin_installer.sh               \
    repo /path/to/dvt_update_site-*.zip             \
    update ro.amiq.dvt.feature

Update DVT from online update site:

$DVT_HOME/bin/dvt_plugin_installer.sh               \
    repo https://eda.amiq.com/update/latest/   \
    update ro.amiq.dvt.feature

Uninstall a plugin (ViPlugin) from the distribution:

$DVT_HOME/bin/dvt_plugin_installer.sh               \
    delete com.mbartl.eclipse.viplugin.feature

List all installed plugins:

$DVT_HOME/bin/dvt_plugin_installer.sh list_installed

Notes

• If you are using the wrapper version of this script from the linux-all DVT distribution, you may select the DVT’s architecture on which this script will be executed by passing the following argument: -arch <linux-amd64|linux-arm64|all>. By default, the value of this argument is set to all.