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Normally to install eclipse plugins, you just need to extract the plugins, features folders into the corresponding folders in Eclipse installation. But you can make the installation much cleaner and manageable by using the following tip.

Extract your plugin zip files into a directory.

C:\eclipse-plugins\{PLUGIN_NAME}

The {PLUGIN_NAME} will have a folder named eclipse. Now, in your Eclipse installation directory, create a folder and name it links. Inside the links folder create your link file for the plugin you want to install. For example, if the plugin is xyz-plugin, create a file called xyz-plugin.link. Edit the .link file and put the path of the plugin folder, as shown below:

path=C:/eclipse-plugins/{PLUGIN_NAME}

Restart eclipse with eclipse.exe -clean