[outdated] Eclipse Portable 3.7.1 Development Test 1

I was wondering if it's possible to provide a release with only the base Platform (info/download), thus having a smaller download size and allowing a more customized installation.

Hi

I already set up my eclipse and don't wanna mess with it, but I have a question.

Maven downloads a bunch of shit to C:\Documents and settings\Ross Kemp\.m2 folder. How did you solve that problem?

Thanks
Ross

Thank you for sharing this!

I just installed Eclipse Portable, C/C++ Edition from the link above.

To test it, I created a new "Hello, World!" project.

Unfortunately, it doesn't run. There is a question mark next to #include in the code, meaning Eclipse couldn't find that library.

If you click on the "includes" folder in the Project Explorer, you see that all of the include directories are located on the C: drive:
C:/MinGW/include
C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/include

Obviously this won't do for a portable application.

Now open the project's properties, then go to C/C++ Build->Environment. PATH is set to a long string of directories - most of which are in the C: drive. It appears that this was simply taken from the host computer's PATH settings, which I'm not sure you want to do in a portable app.

Furthermore, the relevant directory for MinGW seems to be F:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\MinGW\bin. This directory does NOT exist on the USB drive.

I don't know if this is a problem on your end or on Eclipse's (the latter would not surprise me). But you should either fix it, provide users with a workaround, or at the very least link to more info on Eclipse's site (like you did for PDT).

EDIT: I added a directory on my USB drive that I know has the libraries in it. When I re-started Eclipse, I got this error:
Error launching external scanner info generator (g++ -E -P -v -dD F:/PortableApps/EclipsePortable/Data/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/specs.cpp)

Perhaps this is part of the problem?

if you can, you can add some more eclipse:

eclipse for parallel program:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-parallel-applicati...

OpenMP is build in in Mingw.
OpenMPI can download from here:
http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.5/

eclipse for perl:
http://www.epic-ide.org/download.php =>
http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/updates (eclipse plugin)
https://portableapps.com/node/12595
need to config where is the perl.exe
in: => \PortableApps\CommonFiles\PerlPortable\Perl\bin

eclipse for python:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/EclipsePythonIntegration
http://www.portablepython.com/wiki/Download
http://pydev.org/download.html =>
http://pydev.org/updates (eclipse plugin)
need to config where is the python.exe
in: => \PortableApps\CommonFiles\Portable Python 3.2.1.1

eclipse php:
http://www.google.co.il/search?aq=1&oq=eclipse+php&gcx=c&sourceid=chrome...
https://portableapps.com/apps/development/xampp

thanks a lot.
tal!

Tested C/C++ Edition, guessing the others would show similar results.

PortableApps.com Format validation failed with 4 errors and 5 warnings.

Errors

• File Other\Source\plugininstaller.ini is missing
• appinfo.ini: [Details], required value AppID is missing
• appinfo.ini: [Details], invalid value AppId
• appinfo.ini: [License]:EULAVersion is defined but neither Other\Source\EULA.rtf nor Other\Source\EULA.txt exists

Warnings

• File App\readme.txt is missing
• File Other\Source\License.txt is missing
• appinfo.ini: [Details]:Description should be shorter than 227 characters (aim for no more than 150).
• appinfo.ini: [SpecialPaths]:Plugins should be omitted if set to NONE
• appinfo.ini: [Dependencies]:UsesDotNetVersion should be omitted if empty

Information

• The PortableApps.com Launcher is not used. Please consider using it.
• Suggested file App\AppInfo\appicon_128.png is missing

1. Added APPDATA and LOCALAPPDATA redirection

gluxon, if by that change you mean that you modified the appdata and localappdata environment variables you should know that changing those often triggers various bugs like file and folder dialogs not working, this is the reason why this technique isn't used to easily portabilise apps instead using a move-move algorithem with the folders saved in appdata or using a built-in portability option in the application.

Even if Eclipse itself isn't affected, it is a development platform and it can be used to run/debug apps which may be affected from such a change.

I add eclipse python.
you can add this for your collection.
soon i will publish more eclipse versions.

http://www.mediafire.com/?l39tygj69y5q2v0

I make eclipse parallel edition.
it work with mingw and it has openMP

http://www.mediafire.com/?9obyz7fq67f7j3c

I modified the launcher code to patch some of the bugs mentioned above. Here is my new code:

;Copyright (C) 2004-2010 John T. Haller
;Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Brandon Cheng (gluxon)

;Website: http://PortableApps.com/EclipsePortable

;This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
;OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.

;This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
;as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
;of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

;This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;GNU General Public License for more details.

;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
;Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.

!define PORTABLEAPPNAME "Eclipse Portable"
!define NAME "EclipsePortable"
!define APPNAME "Eclipse"
!define VER "1.3.0.0"
!define WEBSITE "PortableApps.com/EclipsePortable"
!define DEFAULTEXE "eclipse.exe"
!define DEFAULTAPPDIR "App\Eclipse"
!define DEFAULTSETTINGSDIR "Data\settings"
!define LAUNCHERLANGUAGE "English"

;=== Program Details
Name "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}"
OutFile "..\..\${NAME}.exe"
Caption "${PORTABLEAPPNAME} | PortableApps.com"
VIProductVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey ProductName "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}"
VIAddVersionKey Comments "Allows ${APPNAME} to be run from a removable drive.  For additional details, visit ${WEBSITE}"
VIAddVersionKey CompanyName "PortableApps.com"
VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "PortableApps.com & Contributors"
VIAddVersionKey FileDescription "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}"
VIAddVersionKey FileVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey ProductVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey InternalName "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}"
VIAddVersionKey LegalTrademarks "PortableApps.com is a Trademark of Rare Ideas, LLC."
VIAddVersionKey OriginalFilename "${NAME}.exe"
;VIAddVersionKey PrivateBuild ""
;VIAddVersionKey SpecialBuild ""

;=== Runtime Switches
CRCCheck On
WindowIcon Off
SilentInstall Silent
AutoCloseWindow True
RequestExecutionLevel user

;=== Best Compression
SetCompress Auto
SetCompressor /SOLID lzma
SetCompressorDictSize 32
SetDatablockOptimize On

;=== Program Icon
Icon "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico"

;=== Include
;(Standard NSIS)
!include TextFunc.nsh
!include FileFunc.nsh
!include WordFunc.nsh
!include LogicLib.nsh

;(Plugins)
!include StrRep.nsh
!include TextReplace.nsh

;(Macros)
!insertmacro WordReplace
!insertmacro GetParent
!insertmacro GetParameters
!insertmacro GetRoot

;(Custom)
!include ReplaceInFile.nsh
!include ReadINIStrWithDefault.nsh
!include RepairUpdir.nsh
!include Explode.nsh

;=== Languages
;!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "${LAUNCHERLANGUAGE}"
!include PortableApps.comLauncherLANG_${LAUNCHERLANGUAGE}.nsh

Var PROGRAMDIRECTORY
Var SETTINGSDIRECTORY
Var PROGRAMEXECUTABLE
Var ADDITIONALPARAMETERS
Var MISSINGFILEORPATH

Var ROOT
Var ROOTDOUBLESLASH
Var LASTROOT
Var LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH
Var APPDIRECTORY
Var DATADIRECTORY
Var PARENTDIRECTORY
Var JAVAPATH
Var NSISPATH
Var MINGWPATH
Var PARAMETERS
Var WORKSPACE
Var WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH
Var LASTEXEDIR

Section Main
	;Finding out the drive's letter and parent dir
	${GetParent} "$EXEDIR" "$PARENTDIRECTORY"
	${GetRoot} "$EXEDIR" "$ROOT"
	${GetParameters} "$PARAMETERS"
	${WordReplace} "$ROOT" ":" "\:" "+" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH"

	${If} ${FileExists} "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini"

		;Reading the INI
		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$0" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "${APPNAME}Directory" "${DEFAULTAPPDIR}"
		StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\$0"

		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$0" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "SettingsDirectory" "${DEFAULTSETTINGSDIR}"
		StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\$0"

		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "${APPNAME}Executable" "${DEFAULTEXE}"
		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$JAVAPATH" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "JavaPath" "..\CommonFiles\Java\bin"
		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$MINGWPATH" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "MinGWPath" "..\CommonFiles\MinGW\bin"
		${ReadINIStrWithDefault} "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "AdditionalParameters" ""

	${Else}

		;Using Defaults
		StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}"
		StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\${DEFAULTSETTINGSDIR}"
		StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}"
		StrCpy "$JAVAPATH" "..\CommonFiles\Java\bin"
		StrCpy "$MINGWPATH" "..\CommonFiles\MinGW\bin"
		StrCpy "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" ""

	${EndIf}

	${IfNot} ${FileExists} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE"

		;No eclipse.exe in [X]:\PortableApps\EclipsePortable\App\Eclipse\ exists
		StrCpy "$MISSINGFILEORPATH" "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE"
		MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "$(LauncherFileNotFound)"
		Abort

	${EndIf}

	;Make relative absolute!
	Push "$EXEDIR\$MINGWPATH"
	Call RepairUpdir
	Pop $MINGWPATH

	Push "$EXEDIR\$JAVAPATH"
	Call RepairUpdir
	Pop $JAVAPATH

	${If} ${FileExists} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini"

		;Read previous launcher settings
		ReadINIStr "$LASTROOT" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastDrive"
		ReadINIStr "$R1" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "FirstRun"
		ReadINIStr "$LASTEXEDIR" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastEXEDIrectory"

	${Else}

		;No Launcher settings, lets use defaults!
		CreateDirectory "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY"
		SetOutPath "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY"
		StrCpy "$LASTROOT" "$ROOT"
		StrCpy "$R1" "true"

	${EndIf}

	;Eclipse uses double slashes in paths
	${WordReplace} "$LASTROOT" ":" "\:" "+" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH"

	;Let's create the settings
	CreateDirectory "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings"
	${IfNot} ${FileExists} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs"
		WriteINIStr "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "${NAME}" "YouShouldNotSeeThis" "IfYouDoThatsBad"
		FileOpen $0 "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" w
		FileWrite $0 ""
		FileClose $0
	${EndIf}

	${If} $R1 == "true"
	;This is the first run of EclipsePortable

		;Set up workspace directory with double paths
		${GetParent} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$DATADIRECTORY"
		StrCpy "$WORKSPACE" "$DATADIRECTORY\workspace"
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACE" "\" "\\" "+" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH"
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$ROOT" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH" "+" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH"
		
		;Set up settings file with workspace
		CreateDirectory "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "RECENT_WORKSPACES_PROTOCOL=" "3" "$0"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "MAX_RECENT_WORKSPACES=" "1" "$0"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=" "false" "$0"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "RECENT_WORKSPACES=" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$0"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "eclipse.preferences.version=" "1" "$0"
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\config.ini" "osgi.instance.area.default=" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$0"

		;EclipseNSIS
		StrCpy "$NSISPATH" "$PARENTDIRECTORY\NSISPortable\App\NSIS"
		${WordReplace} "$NSISPATH" "\\" "\" "+" "$NSISPATH"

	${Else}
	;Managing Eclipse's settings

		; Get our full workspace
		${ConfigRead} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "RECENT_WORKSPACES=" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH"

		;Get our workspace
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "\\" "\" "+" "$WORKSPACE"
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACE" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH" "$ROOT" "+" "$WORKSPACE"
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACE" "$LASTEXEDIR" "$EXEDIR" "+" "$WORKSPACE"

		;Explode the workspace directory, so we can support multiple workspaces
		${Explode} $0 "\n" "$WORKSPACE"
		Pop "$WORKSPACE"

		${WordReplace} "$LASTEXEDIR" "\" "\\" "+" "$R2"
		${WordReplace} "$R2" "$LASTROOT" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH" "+" "$R2"
		${WordReplace} "$EXEDIR" "\" "\\" "+" "$R3"
		${WordReplace} "$R3" "$ROOT" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH" "+" "$R3"

		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$R2" "$R3" "+" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" 
		${WordReplace} "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH" "+" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" ;Update workspace drive letter.

		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs" "RECENT_WORKSPACES=" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$0"

		;Update Locations
		${ReplaceInFile} "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\workbench.xml" "$LASTROOT" "$ROOT"
		Delete "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\workbench.xml.old"
		${ReplaceInFile} "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\org.python.pydev.prefs" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH"
		Delete "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\org.python.pydev.prefs.old"
		
		;Update Workspace with new drive letter path
		${ConfigWrite} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\configuration\config.ini" "osgi.instance.area.default=" "$WORKSPACEDOUBLESLASH" "$0"

		;Get EclipseNSIS Paths
		${ConfigRead} "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\net.sf.eclipsensis.prefs" "nsisHome=" "$NSISPATH"
		${WordReplace} "$NSISPATH" "$LASTROOTDOUBLESLASH" "$ROOTDOUBLESLASH" "+" "$NSISPATH"

	${EndIf}

	;Update EclispeNSIS paths
	${ConfigWrite} "$WORKSPACE\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\net.sf.eclipsensis.prefs" "nsisHome=" "$NSISPATH" "$0"

	;Redirect AppData
	System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariable(t, t) i("APPDATA", "$DATADIRECTORY\AppData").r0'
	System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariable(t, t) i("LOCALAPPDATA", "$DATADIRECTORY\AppData").r0'

	;Set up MinGW Toolchain
	ReadEnvStr $0 "PATH"
	StrCpy $0 "$MINGWPATH;$0"
	System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariable(t, t) i("PATH", "$0").r0'

	;Eclipse Portable Settings
	WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "FirstRun" "False"
	WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastDrive" "$ROOT"
	WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastEXEDirectory" "$EXEDIR"

	;Check for Java
	${IfNot} ${FileExists} "$JAVAPATH\javaw.exe"
		${If} ${FileExists} "$PARENTDIRECTORY\CommonFiles\Java\bin\javaw.exe"
			Exec '"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $PARAMETERS -vm "$PARENTDIRECTORY\CommonFiles\Java\bin" $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS'
		${Else}
			${GetParent} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$APPDIRECTORY"
			${If} ${FileExists} "$APPDIRECTORY\Java\bin\javaw.exe"
				Exec '"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $PARAMETERS -vm "$APPDIRECTORY\Java\bin" $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS'
			${Else}
				;No Java, let's hope it's installed locally, if not, Ecipse will handle the rest of the errors
				Exec '"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $PARAMETERS $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS'
			${EndIf}
		${EndIf}
	${Else}
		Exec '"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $PARAMETERS -vm "$JAVAPATH" $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS'
	${EndIf}
SectionEnd

[Changed <code> tag to <pre>- mod Chris]

...I got Platform from the main site and dropped it with Java Portable on my flash drive thinking it was the only one that could install plugins... it took up 415MB of space(Forgot how much on Disk), I'm trying to use JarPlug.

Where I found out what's the smallest size
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2992749/getting-a-lightweight-install...

A01. I might just install the non-portable Classic to the desktop
A02. Drag & Drop on my USB Stick
A03. Put JRE folder including files in Eclipse Classic
A04. And use it from there if its smaller because it Classic + JRE = a bit over 200MB in size, but on disk...

Questions
B01. Is it possible to get plugins into the Platform Runtime Binary by an external updater? [I just remember its Help > Add Software/Update...Nevermind this question]

Ideas
C01. Choosing the path bin & lib for Java Runtime Enviroment either through a setting file or box where workspace is [Or like when the first pop-up that ask Where to should be Workspace be & Save the last path & add Paths into favourite or Skip step & Never Show-up]
[Why: To use less space on Flash Drive instead of copy files twice that would save 86.9MB, but 122MB on Disk]

I just realize that the Classic 3.7.1 is smaller than Classic Portable 3.3.2 so yeah...with JRE added

Thanks for uploading

I've been using this since Eclipse 3.6 and have not found any problems. Upgrading to 3.7 and then 3.7.1 preserved my personal plug-ins.

Since the launcher seems to be stable, when will the packages will be promoted out of development?

Steve

Hello!

I use Eclipse portable. I need to know where does Eclipse saves installed softwares? Here: PortableApps\EclipsePortable\Data or somewhere else?

I am trying to get the Eclipse plugin eGIT to work with EclipsePortable. I would like the .gitconfig and the ssh keys to be stored on the USB drive rather than the Windows user home directory.

When I start eGIT, I get a dialog,

    The environment variable HOME is not set

I've been banging my head against this for a bit, trying to figure out how I could get %HOME% (Or $HOME) set at runtime.

Any ideas?

I want to create my own portable eclipse
most update - 3.7.2 and 4.2 (juno)
and many derived with a new language (with special plugins that already install in them).
can you publish the launcher with paf.exe mode?. (that i only need to click, choose a folder and it will extract.)

Many thanks for your help
Tal.

I am using your eclipse portable,
and i notice it not recognize the MSYSPortable.
(It recognize the MinGW in CommonFiles)
can you make eclipse will look for MSYSPortable and recognize it?
MSYSPortable
it will be more easier to compile like this.

thanks a lot,
Tal.

I change the source of the launcher for support two things:
1. the search of the java will first go to EclipsePortable\APP\Java
2. will add to path the MSYSPortable bin folder.
can you look at this and compile for me?
i don't know how compile. (although this language was easy to learn and config. I just see how it written and change what i want.)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3363579/EclipsePortable1.4Source.7z

Thanks for all your time.

Tal.

can you tell me what's it eclipsensis please?
what's that plugin?

Can you please update on the 4.2 version (latest stable version http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ ).

Can somebody tell me if Eclipse is already %100 portable? I mean it runs as portable but how can I be sure if Eclipse does not change anything on my local drive?

Thank you!