Removal of unwanted Plugin-s Actionsets from Toolbar of RCP

I noticed that "search" and "debug" were still visible in my RCP after I had branded and exported it.

The solution to remove these options from my RCP was to just include the below Extension in my RCP's plugin.xml file.

< extension point="org.eclipse.ui.activities">

< activity id="rcpcolibri.disablextensions" name="Hidden activities"/>

< activityPatternBinding activityId="rcpcolibri.disablextensions"pattern="org.eclipse.debug.ui.*" / >

< activityPatternBinding activityId="rcpcolibri.disablextensions"pattern="org.eclipse.search.*" / >< / extension>

Quit Xcode via command-line

1) open Applications >> terminal

2) type, "ps aux 1 grep Xcode" >> Enter.

The above command will list a set of lines with possible xcode processes. Select the one which has the 2nd index statement of 4 digit number(????) with "xcode" in that line.

3) Now, type, "kill -9 ????" >> Enter.

Provisioning Profile for IPhone App

developer.apple.com

1) sign in with ID and password for apple.

2)Add the devices to which you want to deploy.

To do this, you need to have the device "ID" and name. The device ID can be accessed by selecting the device form 'Application > > Utilities > > Iphone Configuration Utility

3)Now click on "Provisioning" tab

4) New Profile

5)AdHoc

6)Select the device

7)"Submit"

8) Download the profile

9) Double click on the downloaded profile(file with .mobileprovision) extension

10)Click on "Add to Library"

Using this profile ID in XCode :

1) Open XCODE

2) select 'Build Settings'

3) in 'Code Sign' - select Profile that you just downloaded for all

4) Set AppID to "App ID in the provisioning profile"

5)set 'Bundle ID' of the file , -info.plist, to this same ID.

Now App is ready to be 'Build' and 'Run'.

Perl Upgrade in Mac

Upgrading perl :

perl -MCPAN -e shell 

cpan> install MD5 

cpan> install CPAN 

cpan> reload cpan 

cpan> q

cd /usr/local/src/ 

curl http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz -o stable.tar.gz

 gunzip stable.tar.gz tar 

xvf stable.tar 

cd perl-5.8.0

./Configure -de 

make && make test 

make install

Note :

If in case any of the commands dont work.. just type the same command with prefix as 'sudo'

for examples.. if the first command,
perl -MCPAN -e shell
 does not work, then type it as
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
Installing extra perl modules :
Even after install, if some of the modules are missing in perl, YOu need to install them in mac using the cpan utility as below :
browse to the perl install location, most often this location is usr/bin/perl by default. This location can also be modified during installation.
Type in  >> ./cpan
>>install <> ..... For examples, if the module is XMP::Parser which is throwing error.. then, it would be, >> install XML::Parser
type yes. enter
again type yes. enter
     2. Now, set perl from Preferences in eclipse to the installed location. In my above case, browse to usr/bin/perl 

Now the module missing error would vanish.

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Resetting Admin password in MacMini

This method is by using the install CD.

• Restart the system with the cd for installation in the system.
• Proceed with the installation until you see a toolbar appearing on the screen along with the install wizard.
• Select "Utilities" menu from the toolbar and reset the password over there.
• Now cancel the installation. This will prompt for system restart.
• Restart on promt and login with your neww password.

Install Android and Set Eclipse for Android in MAC

Download and install Android SDK for Mac:


1) Download android sdk for mac from : http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html 2) The downloaded sdk is still not in a usable format. This sdk needs to be updated with the required packages.
3)Browse to the installed directory >>tool>> and execute 'android'
4)This opens the 'SDK/AVD Manager' window. Select 'Installed packages' and you will see only one item under the 'installed packages ' to the right.
5)Click on 'Update all..'
6)Accept >> install all the packages.
7)Now you will see that the folder of android has been updated with many more sub-folders.
8) Hence now, the android sdk is in usable state.


Updating eclipse for android development:


1) In Eclipse , Help >> Install software. This opens an 'install' window.
2)Click on 'Add'. Enter the update site link : https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ in 'Location' and give it a name, say , 'Android' in the 'name' field.
note : If the above update site link doesn't work, Try to replace https with http
3)Click, 'OK' in order to obtain the plugin list for android in the 'install' window.
4) Select the plugins to be installed >> next >> next >> accept >> finish
5) Restart eclipse to update with android.
6) Now from the menu bar of Eclipse, select .. Eclipse >> Preferences >> Android. (In Windows, Window >> Preferences >> Android).
7) Set the 'SDK location' by browsing to the root folder of Android sdk. In my case, I had downloaded android to the location, /Volumes/Macintosh Backup/ECLIPSE/android-sdk-mac_x86
8) Press, apply >> OK.


Hence now, Eclipse is set for Android application development. :)

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Eclipse on MacOS

Reference Link: http://www.ralfebert.de/blog/eclipseide/java_sources_on_mac_os_x/

It seems that that in some Mac OS systems, Eclipse IDE does not show the sources for JRE classes. If so, perform the following to access the source:

1) Download and install Java for Mac OS X Developer Package (registration required).

2)This will create a folder /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_*/Contents/Home that can be added as JRE in Eclipse:

And thats it.. Now you can access the source.. However it works fine for me without this solution(:)

Another issue while you launch your java application in eclipse on MAS OS :

It throws linker error exception.. you could resolve this by using the argument -d32 for VM arguments of your launch config.