Disable plugins when starting Eclipse

Question

I just installed the plugin for Eclipse, but as a result, Eclipse will no longer run. It says: “There was a mistake” or some such uninformative message.

How to run Eclipse without downloading plugins so that I can actually remove the infringing software?

Answer 1

As mentioned by another person, you can try the -clean option. However, if it still does not load and you need to cancel the installation, you should NOT just remove the plugin on disk. If Eclipse thinks there is a plugin and it will be uninstalled all of a sudden, you will encounter a lot of problems in the future.

The best approach is to use the director of Eclipse (the management application) to return your installation (this is installed using Eclipse). You will need to know which previous revision you would like to return to. You can view all previous versions of your Eclipse installation at / p 2 / org.eclipse.p2.engine / profileRegistry /, where the profile name probably looks like SDKProfile. Here you will see several profiles. Each one represents the previous state of your Eclipse installation. Find the version you want to return to (they should all have a timestamp), and from the root of Eclipse run the following command:

./eclipse -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -revert 1348266115829 -repository http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno

Obviously, replace the revision with the one you want to cancel too. That says please return my Eclipse installation to 1348266115829, and if you need any dependencies, see http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno . If you do this for Indigo (Eclipse 3.7), change the url to http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo

Answer 2

Try running eclipse with the -clean .

Or try to remove moving pluns and functions.

The error message is more useful than "there was an error." View the log file or try starting from the console and post the error message here.

Edit: Irball is right. Of course, do not delete files, just move them to another directory so that you can move them. His solution sounds very useful and even more professional.

Answer 3

Check out this image of the Eclipse Indigo settings:

Answer 4

You can try moving the plugin from the plugin directory. I do not think there is a "safe mode" to run Eclipse.

Once you can boot into Eclipse, you can disable the plugins separately by going to the "Help / About Eclipse / Installed Software / Installation History" section and return the installation.

Answer 5

The first approach you should try is to simply remove the associated banks if you are sure that you should be removed. I tried this approach to remove a bunch of evil plugins that are hard to get rid of. Make sure you have a tank for those you are going to remove, although