The eclipse plugin build from commandline requires the following variables to be set $ECLIPSE_HOME - Path to eclipse home. In order to build the plugin eclipse needs to be installed. $RELEASE_ID - The release id for the plugin. The plugin has been tested with the following Eclipse ADT version Build: v22.3.0-887826 The following plugins are pre-requisites to be installed in Eclipse before trying to build the plugin. 1. Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers 4.5.1.20150917-1200 (tested_version) 2. Eclipse PDE Plug-in Developer Resources 3.11.1.v20150904-0345 (tested_version) If the sgx eclipse plugin is already installed to eclipse and to build and install a newer version, uninstall the old version and start eclipse with the -clean option. Then try to build the new version of the plugin and install it in eclipse. http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_remove_a_plug-in%3F Once the build script is run, the folder build_directory/updatesite/sgx-eclipse-plugin contains the update site. This is the path that needs to be provided to the eclipse while doing installation.