Updating Eclipse

This page lists the procedure to recreate a clean workspace and .eclipse folder (containing the plugins) when doing a major Eclipse upgrade.

Preparation

• Move your current ~/.eclipse and workspace folder out of their current places (keep those as backups in case something goes wrong).
• Export your formatter settings as XML files.

Reinstalling plugins

• Install all the plugins listed in Eclipse Plugins and Features.

Import some projects into the new workspace

• This will allow you to test the next step in good conditions.

Reinitializing Preferences

• Change the font size and appearance.
• Import the formatter settings. Change the line width to 130 on all editors.
• Reenter all your custom keys.
• Change all the default encodings to UTF-8 (this is especially important for JSP).
• Make all the necessary associations for file types (*.gsp -> JSP editor).
• Recreate your views and perspectives.