Take the 2-minute tour ×  I am using archlinux. I just installed
the latest Eclipse (used pacman) and manually installed pydev
(downloaded the zip file and upzip them into
/usr/share/eclipse/dropins). The problem is that when I run
eclipse as root I can see the Pydev plugin, but when I run
eclipse as a normal user it seems that Pydev isn't loaded.  I am
wondering how to fix this?  PS: I know I should have used
Eclipse's update manager to install pydev. But since I am in
China currently, many foreign sites including sourceforge are
not accessible.  Thanks in advance!  share|improve this question
hmm. Very strange. When I run as a normal user, Pydev does show
up as installed. However, window->preferences do not have a
configuration section for Pydev. Do I miss something? –  Zariski
Aug 5 '12 at 11:50 add comment  1 Answer  Just checking, but are
the permissions available for your user to access what you've
put in the dropins?  Also, just as a note, to install PyDev
using the update manager see: http://pydev.org