Adding Profiling and Logging perspective to Eclipse on RedHat

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I am trying to set up Eclipse so I can profile a Java program using the TPTP profiler. I have downloaded and unzipped all the .zip files that I believe I need, but Eclipse still does not provide a "Profiling and Logging" perspective. What more must I do to get this perspective? Is there perhaps a configuration file I must edit?

  • I'm using Red Hat RHEL5, and thus Eclipse 3.2.0, TPTP 4.2.0.2.
  • The Window > Open Perspective > Other... dialog-box does not list the "Profiling and Logging" perspective.
  • The Help > About Eclipse Platform > Plug-in Details window lists numerous pacakges in the org.eclipse.tptp name-space, including org.eclipse.tptp.platform.lta and org.eclipse.tptp.trace. Which plug-in is responsible for providing the perspective?
  • The Window > Preferences... dialog does not have an entry for "Profiling and Logging".
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Is there a reason you used the .zip download instead of the built in Eclipse installer with the TPTP update site? I assume Eclipses as old as 3.2 still have the Help -> Install New Software menu item. If not, is something keeping you from using a version of Eclipse that isn't 4 years old? - Kane
@Kane: 3.2 has a dialog Help > Software Updates > Find and Install..., but it was defeated (I think) by our HTTP proxy. I'm using 3.2 because that is the RHEL 5 supplied version. - Raedwald
If 3.2 (I have 3.7 and I don't remember the old interface all that well) has an "archive" option, it may be better to try and install from a local archive than handling the installation manually. Since you say your proxy might be a problem, I wonder if the plugin tried to get some dependencies that the proxy blocked, and installing manually didn't include those dependencies. - Kane

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So, I tried again to use Help > Software Updates > Find and Install... to have Eclipse download and install the plug-ins itself. This time with more success, but still no joy. Significantly it tries to update some parts of the Eclipse core. That installation failed because the /usr/shar/eclipse files (installed by the eclipse RPM from Red Hat) are owned by root rather than myself. It seems therefore that, despite what the release notes say, TPTP requires a fixed version of Eclipse 3.2. I guess the moral of this story is to forget about trying to use the Eclipse RPM, and instead down-load and install it in your home directory.

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Regarding the installation, with the newer versions of Eclipse, TPTP does not work. You need JVM Monitor.

  1. Installation: Help > Eclipse Marketplace > JVM Monitor
  2. Activation: Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other > Java Monitor

While this may be irrelevant because the OP's issue was apparently caused by a permissions issue, it may be helpful to those googling in the future.