[Bug 5438] Cannot install plugins on fresh install

[Russel Winder]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/5438

Comment:
It is certainly true that if you install Eclipse from the tarball (I
have an installation in /opt/eclipse) then all plugins go into the
Eclipse installation direct.  As do all keys and passwords.  It seems
then that the whole of Eclipse has an installation per user philosophy
-- very M$ Windwoes.

Perhaps then there is nothing to be done about separating the system
wide installation and the per user plugins and such making creating
packages a somewhat fruitless activity?

The actual checkout workspace is fine though so perhaps hitting Eclipse
with some serious error reports might get the philosophy changed?