It does: http://jenkins.mw.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com/hudson/job/jbosstools-4.0_trunk.install-tests-e4.2-jbt_trunk/352/testReport/org.jboss.tools.tests.installation/InstallTest/testInstall/...or have a proper "minimal target" platform to build against. Take your pick. https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-10287 A small innocent dependency and PDE annoying default behavior of putting in the very exact version used and suddenly you can't install plugins into SR0. Our automating tests should help catch these.