Eclipse RCP - what exactly is a headless build?

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Solution

A headless build means, that you can run a build without starting the graphical user interface of Eclipse. For that, you have a build script (in case of Eclipse headless, it's an Ant script AFAIK), which you can start via command line, and thus it's possible to start the build on a server without graphical interface. Lars Vogel has a good tutorial on that.

Problem

During an Eclipse RCP Project I hear about the "headless build". - What exactly is a headless build? - What is a headless build for Eclipse RCP?

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