Why does eclipse not recognise eclipse-rpm-editor plugin?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • With eclipse-rpm-editor.x86_64 installed, jar files are listed in /usr/share/eclipse/dropins/rpm-editor/eclipse/plugins. However, eclipse does not find this plugin and does not list it under the menu option "Help"-->"About Eclipse Platform"-->"Installation Details".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux - 6.5
  • eclipse-platform
  • eclipse-rpm-editor
  • rpmlint

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