Eclipse: How to install a plugin manually?

Question

In one of my production environment, we have download restrictions so we have to download Eclipse plugin jar/zip file externally and then copy back to internal network and d

Answer 1

1. Download your plugin
2. Open Eclipse
3. From the menu choose: Help / Install New Software...
4. Click the Add button
5. In the Add Repository dialog that appears, click the Archive button next to the Location field
6. Select your plugin file, click OK

You could also just copy plugins to the eclipse/plugins directory, but it's not recommended.