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How to pass VM arguments from command line to eclipse?

I am trying to use eclipse p2 director to install plugin into Eclipse, but it get's slow and tries to search on download.eclipse.org

There is notice on help page that says:

While doing these operations, you can disable the automatic mirror selection mechanism by setting the VM argument eclipse.p2.mirrors to false.

Searching over I got "Why Eclipse’s “Check for Updates” is horribly slow (and how to fix it)"

Add it after “eclipse”, or in eclipse.ini -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

However

eclipsec -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group/0.10.0

-> uknown option

eclipsec -vmargs -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group/0.10.0

-> starts workbench

eclipsec -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group/0.10.0 -vmargs -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

-> putting in the end has no effect

Update: I could not succeed with installing, so I thought the reason was that p2 director searches on download.eclipse.org and fails. Then after Greg advice, I was sure where those arguments were to be and played with version (It only passes with exact version: empty or 0.10.0.qualifier will not suit). So now installation finishes with success but still very slow, maybe because download.eclipse.org is still contacted. Log below

eclipsec -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group/0.10.0.201401270634 -vmargs -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

using eclipse from ATD-Bundle

D:\Android\eclipse>r -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group/0.10.0.201401270634 -vmargs -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false
Їхт 05, 2014 7:17:31 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when processing request: The server download.eclipse.org failed to respond
Їхт 05, 2014 7:17:31 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request
Їхт 05, 2014 7:17:39 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when processing request: The server download.eclipse.org failed to respond
Їхт 05, 2014 7:17:39 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request
Installing org.nodeclipse.jjs.feature.feature.group 0.10.0.201401270634.
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:10 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when processing request: The server download.eclipse.org failed to respond
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:10 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:20 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when processing request: The server download.eclipse.org failed to respond
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:20 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:31 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when processing request: The server download.eclipse.org failed to respond
Їхт 05, 2014 7:18:31 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry
INFO: Retrying request
Operation completed in 78172 ms.
Paul Verest
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  • The end is the correct place. How do you know putting it at the end has no effect? – greg-449 Feb 05 '14 at 10:13
  • Sorry, but I don't see how the updated answer is related to the original question at all. You should rather start a new question. – oberlies Sep 08 '14 at 09:07

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This issue was solved long ago, but I have overlooked to share.

What now works inside Nodeclipse CLI Installer is putting VM args in the end:

nci i markdown Nodeclipse CLI Installer (nci , Eclipse Plugin Manager epm) http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ starting eclipsec -nosplash -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ -installIU markdown.editor.feature.feature.group -tag markdown.editor.feature.feature.group -vmargs -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false

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