Can I save the Eclipse configuration settings from Indigo to Juno?

Question

How can I upgrade Eclipse from Indigo to Juno without losing all my settings?

I tried two different things, none of which worked:

• Export Prefs from Indigo and Import to Juno
• Run Juno on a copy of the Indigo workspace

It is so annoying that you need to start from scratch with every update ...

Answer 1

I am not an expert, but I just added new sites to my "Available software sites", (help → install new software → available software sites)

http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno

http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/juno

and update (help → install updates).

After update

http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.2 was added http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.7 disabled http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/indigo disconnected

maybe other changes that I did not notice.

Everything works as expected - the list of projects remains - the prospects remain - the only thing that was not saved, it seemed, were the editor tabs that were open in the workspace, but this is a small loss. So, hopefully, that was the right way to do this - unless someone wants to tell me differently.

Alan

Answer 2

I followed as AlanB described and had no problems with Indigo:

• Add the Juno update site and other other update sites you use (under Eclipse > Preferences > Available Software Sites )

• Choose Help > Check for Updates

• Follow the update wizard (select everything you need, accept everything you have)

• Restart eclipse

Additional Information:

Entry to the FAQ on the eclipse.org wiki: "How to update Eclipse?"

Eclipse Juno (4.2) Readme (a little more detail): "Updating the workspace from a previous version"

Answer 3

You guys make this a much more serious problem than it really is, Eclipse is for portability, i.e. it does not need to be installed or saved in the registry, etc ....

Updating and maintaining settings is as simple as downloading version Y and extracting it to the version X folder, replacing everything except the configuration folder. The configuration folder of the new version has only 2 or 3 shared files anyway until the first launch. I have done this in the last 4 versions of Eclipse and have never experienced a problem.

The only thing to keep in mind is that everything that is not included in any specialized version that you use may need to be updated, but it is just a matter of checking for updates using after starting a new version for the first time.

Answer 4

@AlanB, this does not work for me, because the Eclipse SDK is not included in the release repository. Your organization may have changed since your upgrade.

I had to add the following repository: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.2/ to available software sites.

Even then, checking for updates does not work. You need to go through the path of installing new software, select the above repo, and then display the parameters of the Eclipse SDK, Eclipse Platform SDK, etc. You must select the correct option for the update depending on the current installation (that is, if it was a platform or SDK, etc.).

Hope this helps someone.

CC

Answer 5

You can transfer most of your settings with Export ...> Preferences> Export everything in your old installation and import them into a new one.

Answer 6

EDIT: this is for Linux users

This link should help: http://blog.brunobraga.net/eclipse-42-in-ubuntu-1204

Essentially, you just need to replace your / usr / lib / eclipse with a new download of the latest version, and that's really about it.

Answer 7

You can import existing projects from a shared root folder using

File> Import ...> General> Existing Projects in the Workspace

in addition to conveying preferences (as suggested by thSoft):

File> Export ...> General> Settings> Export All
File> Import ...> General> Settings> Import All

Answer 8

You can use eclipse-perspective-share to transfer your perspectives.

My 2 cents.

Answer 9

The first and second answers did not help me.

In the end, I downloaded the latest version of eclipse and imported the workspace and configurations from the previous version.

I found this video useful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57vTrxFa3d4