In the past I’ve always downloaded the new version, and then manually reinstalled all of the plugins I use – but this is tedious in the extreme.
Is there a way to upgrade Eclipse “in-place”? How do I do this exactly?
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The approach below worked for me, and seems to be the easiest. It’s from this eclipse FAQ and slightly modified for clarity:
For upgrading from Eclipse 3.5+ to 3.6+
Note: The original URL has changed. (I’ve left the original link for posterity)
following the NEW FAQ instructions
(For Example: JBoss Tools has different versions for Helios and Indigo that are incompatible)
Update: I didn’t try this when upgrading from 3.x to 4.x (Juno). I just set up a whole new workspace. I think I read somewhere that doing that is the safest approach to upgrading major versions.