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RMI Plug-in for Eclipse
version 2.0

Installing from a ZIP file (Eclipse 4.x)


Follow these instructions to install the RMI Plug-in for Eclipse. You can also watch the installation flash movie.

  1. Save all your work and exit Eclipse
  2. Download the latest version of the RMI Plugin for Eclipse ZIP file from http://www.genady.net/rmi/v20/downloads.html
  3. Extract the contents of the ZIP file into the "dropins" directory of your Eclipse installation. The "dropins" directory may be empty or contain "features" and "plugins" directories.
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  1. Start Eclipse.
    1. Open the About dialog ("Help->About Eclipse") and check whether you see the RMI Plug-in icon If you did - and it's not an upgrade, then the installation is complete. Otherwise keep reading.
    2. If this is an upgrade, but the displayed plug-in version is still the old one, use "Help->Check for Updates" command to instruct Eclipse to pick up the extracted files. Restart the worbench when prompted (do not use the "Apply Changes" option).
    3. If you still cannot find the RMI preferences section, try closing Eclipse and starting it again, this time passing the "-clean" command line argument to the eclipse executable. If the "-clean" flag has helped, you can continue starting Eclipse normally without the "-clean" flag.
      See "Eclipse Release notes" for more information.
    4. If you still can't see any of the RMI Plug-in actions, try deleting the installed files of the RMI Plug-in and use the update site method.


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