Question: Install Office Integration plugin Manually

[valsamis-d]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have installed the portable version of DBeaver 26.1.1 in a PC that does not have access to internet. Therefore, I cannot install the Office Integration plugin.

Describe the solution you'd like
I'd like to be able to somehow download this plugin and install it when offline.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I downloaded all files from https://dbeaver.io/update/office/latest/ and created an identical folder structure, under the Windows 11 Download directory:

Donwloads\OfficeIntegrationOffline\

Then I added a LOCAL software source pointing to "Donwloads\OfficeIntegrationOffline", selected all the suggested components but the installation failed because of missing dependendencies.

[ged-yuko]

Nah, you would need to follow the OSGi plugin installation procedures, which includes automatic dependencies resolution. Basically something of the sort described here in the Installing / Uninstalling IUs Into a Target Product section. It allows you to specify repository location on the filesystem to obtain plugin packages from. The location should however contain a valid p2 repository structure, not just a bunch of certain files, as well as all the implicitly required dependencies. It was a few years ago when i described similar approach to solve the plugins preservation over the official DBeaver's upgrade procedure (which doesn't preserve them as of now). Not sure if it still works though. Office plugin update site (https://dbeaver.io/update/office/latest/) is a p2 repository, however eclipse platform capable of using a number of repositories simultaneously, so you would need to perform dependencies resolution procedure in advance and prepare a local version of p2 repository combining artifacts from the plugin update site and other sources as well.

This might be a valid approach, but it worth all the effort only if you need to be able to dynamically introduce office plugins into existing DBeaver installations minimizing the amount of data to be manually delivered.

On the other side of the question, if the goal is to have a DBeaver installation with office plugins, and not the
plugin installation procedure in offline mode, then there is much simpler approach:

1. Download portable DBeaver and unpack it on the computer having internet connectivity available,
2. Lauch and install all the required plugins while having internet connectivity,
3. Exit the DBeaver and pack its application directory into the new archive now containing all the required pieces inside,
4. Deliver your own archive with all the pieces inside to the offline machines.

[valsamis-d]

@ged-yuko thanks for the response!

I think I understand why manual installation is not possible.

Nevertheless, the workaround with using the portable version, installing the Office Integration plugin, pack the entire DBeaver directory, and use it in an offline machine worked just fine :)

Thank you