How do I build an Eclipse RCP app so that its features can be updated automatically?

Question

I am building an RCP application that will be made up of several Features.

My RCP application is configured to check for updates each time it starts. My current probl

Answer 1

In the meanwhile, Tycho has explicit support for this use case. Starting with Tycho 0.20.0, you can make Tycho install features of an RCP separately from the product. In this way, these features can be updated (or even be uninstalled) independently of the product.

To install features independently, just add an attribute installMode="root" to the respective feature tags in the product file. Example:

For more information, see this documentation page.