I have been trying to install an Apache project (PDFBox) using
mvn install
and this then caused some plugins (Tycho) to be installed in my Eclipse apparently automatically, after which my Eclipse stopped working and I had to delete everything and re-install Eclipse.
I have done a moderate amount of Maven work but have never seen Tycho and have not yet learnt to love it. I can't see how to install PDFBox without Tycho but I don't trust things I don't understand. Is it essential? and if so how do I get it to install without breaking all my other Eclipse projects?
I think @Bae is the closest to an answer