How do I add the Acrolinx plugin as a drop-in?

You need to create the Acrolinx drop-in from the Acrolinx public update site.

Description

IXIA CCMS Desktop uses drop-ins and Acrolinx does not have drop-in or .zip distributions of their plugin.

Solution

You can create a drop-in (.zip) distribution package from the Acrolinx public update site by using the GNU wget utility.

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To create the Acrolinx drop-in:

  1. Make sure that you have the GNU wget utility installed on the machine you are using to create the drop-in. It does not need to be installed on the server.
    • Linux: The GNU wget utility is usually installed by default.
    • Windows: To install, follow the instructions on the Wget for Windows website at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm.
      Note: You may need to add the path to the wget.exe file to the Path environment variable.
  2. Create a folder for the drop-in, such as c:\temp\acrolinx.
  3. Open a command prompt and browse to the folder you created.
  4. Type: 
    wget -r -np http://updates.acrolinx.com/classic/oxygen/eclipse/features/ --accept .jar -l 1
wget -r -np http://updates.acrolinx.com/classic/oxygen/eclipse/plugins/ --accept .jar -l 1
  5. Open the eclipse folder such as C:\temp\acrolinx\updates.acrolinx.com\classic\oxygen\eclipse.
  6. Select both the plugins and features folders and compress them together into a .zip file.
  7. Rename the .zip file so the Acrolinx plugin can recognize it. For example, you can use the name of the .jar file found in the plugins folder such as com.acrolinx.client.oxygen-3.5.0.89.zip.
  8. Include the Acrolinx plugin in your Eclipse packaging directory.