How to move Eclipse.app to / Applications on MacOS?

Question

I used a fancy new installer to install Eclipse Mars in my OS X box, and since it requested a folder and had a lot of detailed configuration information, I was not sure what it would do with mine so I created a new folder ~ / Applications / Eclipse / to put her.

Fortunately, he created the Eclipse.app application package, so I wanted to move it to / Applications (from my account to regular applications for all users of this window). So I dragged him (this is what you should do, you know).

Doh! This did not work. He crashes and crashes and crashes. Moving back again pleases.

What do I need to do to move Eclipse.app apart from uninstalling and reinstalling and then reinstalling all added plugins and SDKs?

Answer 1

It seems that the installer places a large number of files, including the actual plugins, in the folders under the .p2 folder in your home directory. This is true no matter where you install eclipse, with the installer. Thus, either other users will need at least read access in some places in your account, or you will move your .p2 folder to a central location and change the eclipse.ini file (built into the folder under the eclipse.app folder), to indicate the correct location. If you leave the .p2 folder in your account, you will still need to modify the myeclipse.ini file as it uses relative file paths.

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Answer 2

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