As eclipse is installed using the package manager, the plugins install location is not writable (you need root permisions). Thus, you cannot use the update manager to install plugins. I found a patch that should be applied in Ubuntu. I don't know if it has already been applied.
The patch can be found here: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=90630 -- Eclipse 3.2.1 - Callisto https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs