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What are the following directories used for?

  • Program Files\Eclipse\plugins
  • ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.0_2049681907/plugins/
  • ~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins

My Eclipse is SO flaky. I have to frequently delete these directories and re-install everything.

Chloe
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  • Whats the difference between that and ......? – Richard Tingle Oct 03 '13 at 16:50
  • Be more specific about flaky. What kind of behavior are you seeing? What errors in your error logs? What extra plugins do you have installed? – Andrew Eisenberg Oct 03 '13 at 19:58
  • @AndrewEisenberg Examples of flaky: [_One_](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19168082/eclipse-appengine-java-lang-runtimeexception-cannot-get-the-system-java-compi), [_Two_](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19143727/google-oauth2-in-gwt-and-appengine). – Chloe Oct 03 '13 at 23:16

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  • Program Files\Eclipse\plugins

    Is used for the original plugins that come with eclipse, and plugins from the sdk's and other stuff you download.

  • ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.0_2049681907/plugins/

    This one I'm not sure, but I think it's about the updates.

  • ~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins

    This one is about the preffered for your projects, and it's hidden.

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    The .eclipse folder is used when the actual eclipse installation is not writable by the current user (AKA a shared installation). The user can still install plugins, but they will be placed in the .eclipse folder. – Andrew Eisenberg Oct 03 '13 at 23:36