How do you automate the installation of Eclipse plugins with command line?

Question

I need to automate Installation of Eclipse Classic and add two \"plugins\" :

• CDT (not sure this can be called a \"plugin\")
• PyDev

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Answer 1

This is a late answer but you might want to check out copying the feature and plugin directory of your repository to a folder called dropins located under the main eclipse folder. This works as of Helios and later. More information can be found at this link.