How to update an Eclipse Plugin?

Ranjan Kumar (11●1●3●4) | asked Feb 13 '15, 11:38 p.m.

I wrote an Eclipse (RTC) plugin using this document:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/extendingrtc/entry/checksummaryadvisor?lang=en

When I modify the plugin (update site) and try to update the plugin on the target system, it says there are no updated available. So, I end up uninstalling the plugin, restart RTC, install plugin and restart RTC again, which is very painful and time consuming.

Do I need to change the version number or something else every time I modify the plugin and I want to update the plugin on the target?

Thanks

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sam detweiler (12.5k●6●189●201) | answered Feb 14 '15, 8:49 a.m.

to improve performance, Eclipse caches the plugins in loads the first time, until you tell it otherwise..

if you use
eclipse -clean
to start up, it will reload all the plugins again

same as having to tell the RTC server to reload all its plugins on next restart
https://server:port/ccm/admin/requestReset

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Ranjan Kumar commented Feb 15 '15, 1:56 a.m.

Thanks for the response Sam.

Probably I was not clear about the issue I am facing:
From Eclipse, I do:
Help -> Install New Software -> What is already installed -> Installed Software
Then I pick my custom plugin and click "Update" and I get:
"No updates were found"
Even though I have updated plugin available at the Software site.

What do I need to do in my plugin for Eclipse to recognize the new version of my plugin?

Thanks

sam detweiler commented Feb 15 '15, 9:01 a.m.

I 'assume' you need to update the version numbers in the plugin definition files.

best to go look in the Eclipse forum

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