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The Eclipse project offers several download packages, each focused on some set of languages and/or execution platforms: C/C++, JS web development, Modeling tools etc.

Now, Eclipse is basically a single platform with multiple plugins / combinable repositories etc. But - how do I square that with the discrete download packages? Specifically, how do I achieve a "union of download package X and download package Y" for doing two kinds of development with the same IDE?

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One thing you can do is:

  • Download one 'flavor' of Eclipse
  • Run it
  • Go to Help | Install New Software...,
  • Select the official Eclipse repository
  • Install additional packages which sound like they belong in the second flavor you want

However, this doesn't get you quite what you wanted. For example, I did this with Eclipse CDT and JSDT-related packages, but I still can't started a new project which is JS-focused - I still see only the same kinds of projects I saw with just the CDT download.

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    If you start with Eclipse for C/C++ Developers and install JavaScript plug-ins into it, the default perspective is _C/C++_. Switch to the _JavaScript_ perspective to have JS-focused menus, icons, etc. You can also use the [p2 director (with the parameter `-roaming`)](https://help.eclipse.org/oxygen/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html) to build your own Eclipse package that can be shipped. – howlger May 19 '18 at 09:57