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Asked: 2026-05-18T20:33:52+00:00

I am writing an Eclipse product, composed of plugins. In one of my plugins,

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I am writing an Eclipse product, composed of plugins.
In one of my plugins, I need to get the absolute path to the directory where Eclipse is installed.
(i.e. /Applications/Eclipse on Mac or C:\Program Files\Eclipse on Win).

Can’t find an API for this. Ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    codejammer suggests:

    The following gives you the installed location

    Platform.getInstallLocation().getURL()

    See the org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform API

    /**
 * Returns the location of the base installation for the running platform
 * <code>null</code> is returned if the platform is running without a configuration location.
 * <p>
 * This method is equivalent to acquiring the <code>org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.Location</code>
 * service with the property "type" equal to {@link Location#INSTALL_FILTER}.
 *</p>
 * @return the location of the platform's installation area or <code>null</code> if none
 * @since 3.0
 * @see Location#INSTALL_FILTER
 */
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