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[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Installing eclipse 3.0 in a common Linux directory

Jerry Feldman wrote:

> I had initially installed eclipse from the SuSE 9.0 distribution DVD.
> Initially, I unzipped Eclipse 3.0 in the /opt directory to replace 2.1.
> The problem was that the configuration subdirectory must be writable. My
> solution was to make /opt/eclipse/confirguration read-write-execute by
> all. This works fine on a single user workstation, but it does not allow
> for multiple simultaneous users.
> 
> BTW: The existing $HOME/workspace was able to be used by both Eclipse 2.1
> and 3.0, but I have now completely switched to 3.0.
> 
> As a Linux/Unix person, I don't particularly like to make system
> directories writable by all. Is there a better way to set the
> confirguration directory on a per-user basis.
Thanks for your answers. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
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