A simple script to batch install a bunch of additional features into an existing Eclipse or STS installation. Customize to your needs in the "installFeatures()" part. First parameter there is list of feature IDs, second is the list of update sites to install those features from. Run this via: ./install-addons.sh <relative-path-to-your-sts/eclips…

install-addons.sh

#!/bin/bash
#set -x

doInstall() {
  ECLIPSELOCATION=`ls $LOCATION/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_*`
	$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar $ECLIPSELOCATION -nosplash -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
   		-metadataRepository "$2" \
   		-artifactRepository "$2" \
   		-destination $LOCATION \
   		-installIU "$1"
}

installFeatures() {
	doInstall "org.cloudfoundry.ide.eclipse.server.feature.group,\
		net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.feature.group,\
		com.yourkit.profiler.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.forms.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.gef.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.ide.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.test.junit3.feature.group,\
		org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.test.junit4.feature.group" \
		"http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.8/,\
		http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/,\
		http://pmd.sourceforge.net/eclipse/,\
		http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/cloudfoundry,\
		http://www.yourkit.com/download/yourkit12_for_eclipse/,\
		http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/helios/dev-build/update-site"
}

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_17.jdk/Contents/Home
export COPYFILE_DISABLE=true
cd $1
LOCATION=`pwd`

installFeatures

Thanks for the late but long response, @martinlippert. To be honest, I had long forgotten about my request. As I am mostly using IntelliJ for many years meanwhile, it is unfortunately not helpful any longer to me personally. But other users may benefit from this information.