Installing PDT is relatively easy.
Install a JVM
- Regardless of your operating system, you will need to install some Java virtual machine.
- If using Windows, you may already have one installed, but upgrading won't hurt.
- If using Linux, read this -- GCJ will NOT work.
PDT All-In-One
The simplest way to install PDT is via an All-In-One bundle, if one exists for your platform (operating system, windowing system, architecture).
If there is no All-In-One for your platform, try one of the options below.
Eclipse 3.4 / Ganymede / PDT 1.1
This information is preliminary and subject to change. At time of writing, the latest stable Eclipse 3.4 was 3.4M7.' |
unzip -d ~/eclipse/org.eclipse.php_feature-N20080512.zip_ org.eclipse.php_feature-N20080512.zip
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- Start the Install Manager.
Help > Software Updates... > Available Software
Add Site... > add the Ganymede Milestone site: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/
Add Site... > Local > add the unpacked folder: ~/eclipse/org.eclipse.php_feature-N20080512.zip_
Select the PDT Feature
Install...
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Eclipse 3.3 / Europa / PDT 1.0
- If installing on Linux, you can look for a package from your distro maintainter/repositories, but this is not supported by eclipse.org. If you encounter problems with such a bundle, please contact your distro maintainer.
- Otherwise, download an Eclipse SDK or Runtime Binary or the Europa JEE Bundle, then unpack it and start it up.
- Expand the Europa Discovery site to resolve dependencies. Collapsed sites will not be searched.
- Select the PDT feature(s) you want to install.
- Click the Select Required button to resolve missing dependencies.
- Install*. Restart. Enjoy.
Eclipse 3.2 / Callisto / PDT 0.7
- If installing on Linux, you can look for a package from your distro maintainter/repositories, but this is not supported by eclipse.org. If you encounter problems with such a bundle, please contact your distro maintainer.
- Otherwise, download an Eclipse SDK or Runtime Binary, then unpack it and start it up.
- Select the projects &/or components you want to install.
- Expand the Callisto Updates site to resolve dependencies. Collapsed sites will not be searched.
- Select the PDT feature(s) you want to install.
- Click the Select Required button to resolve missing dependencies.
- If it does not work, you will have to manually select dependencies.
- If that doesn't work, start over, but add more update sites. Can't find a given dependency? Try here or here.
- Install*. Restart. Enjoy.
Known Problems
- You may find that your chosen mirror fails due to bug 203794. Until that bug is fixed, try another mirror, or try an FTP site instead of an HTTP site.