How to manually install software/plugin to Eclipse IDE?

Question

I have downloaded a RAR file from the following location, to be (manually) installed to Eclipse (Helios). How can I perform the manual installation?

http://sourceforge.n

Answer 1

I have tried the installation with the explanation about the dropins folder and had to tweak it like that:

1. Unzip the distribution into your eclipse installation directory under the folder dropins. Your structure should be:

   eclipse/
     dropins/
       eclipse/
         features/
         plugins/
   

2. Remove all other files and directories. There is some missing piece (file contents.xml), so that the distribution is no real p2 repository which leads to an error. The directories plugins and features are sufficient.

3. Restart your eclipse (I have done it with option -clean, not sure if that is necessary).
4. SQLExplorer is then installed and visible in the help, in different menus and with a new perspective.

I even was able to use it to have a look at my SQLite3 database of a rails3 application. Wow!! So I will give it a try.