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You can install e4 M1, or the current integration build towards M2. Which should you chose?
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= How to find an e4 repository =
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[[Image:e4repo.png|100px|thumb]]
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Every build gets its own repository.
  
# [[E4/Install#Installing M1 | Install M1]] if you are evaluating e4
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Pick the most recent ones from [http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads/ e4 downloads], click on the link and in the bottom of the resulting page you will find the link to the p2 repo. Expand the picture for a visual.
# [[E4/InstallInstalling an M2 Integration Build | Install an M2 integration build]] if you are developing e4.
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== Installing M1 ==  
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= Installing e4 0.15 for Kepler/Luna =
  
M1 was built against the [http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.5M4-200812111908 3.5 M4 Eclipse SDK]. We recommend starting with this exact build.
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Most recent repository always changes: Pick the most recent one from the description above.
  
# Select Help > Install New Software...
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=== Installing from the repository ===
# Click on the "Add Site..." button and enter the e4 0.9 M1 update site URL: http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads/drops/S-0.9M1-200902061045/repository
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# Depending on which aspects of e4 interest you, check one or more of the following (note that source components ''only'' give you source):
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## <b>e4 Resources</b>: This will install a patch against the Eclipse Platform from the 3.5 stream, replacing the resources component with the e4 edition. The e4 version is fully backwards compatible, but contains a number of new capabilities. See the e4 New & Noteworthy document for details.
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## <b>e4 SWT</b>: This will install the ActionScript development environment which is used to generate cross-compiled SWT apps.
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## <b>e4 UI</b>: This will install the e4 UI runtime components. To be able to [[E4/UI/Running_the_demos | run the e4 photo demo]] (a RCP style application), you should check everything under the "E4 UI" category: Eclipse e4 CSS, Eclipse e4 UI, Eclipse e4 CSS Source, and Eclipse e4 UI Source. [1]
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## <b>e4 XWT</b>: This will install the declarative UI runtime and its development environment. The "E4 XWT" category contains XWT runtime and The "E4 XWT Tools" corresponds to the development environment.
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# Click Next.
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# Review the items to be installed and click Next.
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# Accept (or not!) the license terms and click Finish.
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You will be prompted to restart the Eclipse SDK after the installation. Click Yes to restart.
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#If not done already, download, install and run Eclipse [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Eclipse SDK (4.(3|4).x]
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#Select Help &gt; Install New Software...
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#In the "Work With" field, type the update site. [[#How_to_find_an_e4_repository|select repo here]]
  
== Installing an M2 Integration Build ==
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===Features to Install for RCP development===
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*'''E4 Tools'''
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**'''Eclipse 4 core tools (Incubation)
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**'''Eclipse 4 even spy (Incubation)
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**'''CSS Spy for Eclipse 4(Incubation)
  
M2 is being built on the [http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.5M5-200902021535/index.php 3.5 M5 SDK]. Take this as the base.
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=== All Features ===
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#Select the features you want to install. They are organized by category.
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#*'''CSS file editor'''; A Xtext based CSS editor and an Orion based CSS preference editor.
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#*'''CSS spy for Eclipse 4''': A spy that enables you to inspect the current CSS for any given UI element. It also allows you to change current CSS values so that you can immediately see the effect.
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#*'''E4 Databinding''': The E4 version of databinding.
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#*'''e4 Language Support''': Support for writing plugins in multiple languages. It currently includes runtime support for JavaScript Bundles
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#*'''E4 Search''': The [[E4/Search Console|Search Console]]. In addition to the framework, you can optionally install an example search provider, and the [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=331581 compatibility feature].
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#*'''Eclipse 3.x bridge''': : An experimental 3.x bridge feature for using some Eclipse 4 capabilities in the 3.x stream.
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#*'''Eclipse 4 core tools''': Runtime components required by other e4 features. Contains Eclipse 4 workbench model tooling.
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#*'''Eclipse 4 event spy''': Tooling to spy on events that pass through the OSGi event manager.
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#*'''Eclipse 4 Semantic File System''': The [[E4/Resources/Semantic File System|E4/Resources/Semantic File System]](SFS) represents an add-on to the Eclipse Resource Management that augments the Resources Plug-in API with an additional API to work with RESTful or REST-like resources.
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#Review the items to be installed and click Next.  
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#Accept the license terms and click Finish.
  
Prep: Go to the [http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads integration builds page], navigate to the desired build, then look down in the bottom right corner for "online p2 repo link". Copy the underlying URL.
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= Installing e4 0.14 for Kepler  =
  
# Select Help > Install New Software...
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Most recent repository always changes: Pick the most recent one from [http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads/ e4 downloads].
# Click on the "Add Site..." button and paste the URL.
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# Follow the remaining instructions above in the section "Installing M1".
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== Demos ==
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=== Installing from the repository  ===
  
You are now ready to try out the demos:
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#If not done already, download, install and run Eclipse [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Eclipse SDK 4.3.x]  
* <b>Resources:</b>
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#Select Help &gt; Install New Software...
* <b>SWT:</b> Running the [[E4/SWT/Running_the_demos | cross-compile-SWT-to-Flash demos]]
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#In the "Work With" field, type the update site. The final 0.14 build is here: http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads/drops/R-0.14-201306242200/repository/
* <b>UI:</b> Running the [[E4/UI/Running_the_photo_demo | e4 photo demo]] and the [[E4/UI/Running_CSS_demos | CSS examples ]]
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* <b>XWT:</b> Running the [[E4/XWT/Running_the_demos | declarative UI demos]]
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[1] Note that the Eclipse e4 UI work also requires the EMF runtime. This will be brought in automatically. However, if you wish to view or edit the UI model and you're not a fan of XML source editing, you will want to install the EMF SDK which provides the EMF .xmi editor. Follow "Help" -> "Install New Software..." -> "Models and Model Development" -> "EMF SDK - Eclipse Modeling Framework SDK 2.4.1", then restart Eclipse.
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===Features to Install for RCP development===
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*'''E4 Tools'''
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**'''Eclipse e4 Tools (Incubation)
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**'''E4 CSS Spy (Incubation)
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=== All Features ===
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#Select the features you want to install. They are organized by category.
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##'''e4 UI''': This will install the e4 UI runtime components. To be able to [[E4/UI/Running the demos|run the e4 photo demo]] (a RCP style application), you should check everything under the "E4 UI" category: Eclipse e4 CSS, Eclipse e4 UI, Eclipse e4 CSS Source, and Eclipse e4 UI Source. [1]
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##'''e4 Tools''': Eclipse 4 workbench model tooling and an experimental 3.x bridge feature for using some Eclipse 4 capabilities in the 3.x stream.
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##'''e4 Search''': The [[E4/Search Console|Search Console]]. In addition to the framework, you can optionally install an example search provider, and the [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=331581 compatibility feature].
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##'''e4 Language Support''': Support for writing plugins in multiple languages. It currently includes runtime support for JavaScript Bundles
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##'''e4 Resources''': Experimental work to support a resource model based on REST resource APIs
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##'''e4 Runtime''': Runtime components required by other e4 features
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##'''e4 Server''': Experimental [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Bespin Bespin] server based on e4
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##'''e4 TM''':Toolkit Model. A declarative UI runtime based on EMF
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##'''e4 XWT''': This will install the declarative UI runtime and its development environment. The "E4 XWT" feature contains XWT runtime and "E4 XWT Tools" corresponds to the development environment.  
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#Review the items to be installed and click Next.  
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#Accept the license terms and click Finish.
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=Archive=
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[[E4/Install/Archive|E4/Install/Archive]]

Revision as of 16:20, 8 September 2013

How to find an e4 repository

E4repo.png

Every build gets its own repository.

Pick the most recent ones from e4 downloads, click on the link and in the bottom of the resulting page you will find the link to the p2 repo. Expand the picture for a visual.

Installing e4 0.15 for Kepler/Luna

Most recent repository always changes: Pick the most recent one from the description above.

Installing from the repository

  1. If not done already, download, install and run Eclipse Eclipse SDK (4.(3|4).x
  2. Select Help > Install New Software...
  3. In the "Work With" field, type the update site. select repo here

Features to Install for RCP development

  • E4 Tools
    • Eclipse 4 core tools (Incubation)
    • Eclipse 4 even spy (Incubation)
    • CSS Spy for Eclipse 4(Incubation)

All Features

  1. Select the features you want to install. They are organized by category.
    • CSS file editor; A Xtext based CSS editor and an Orion based CSS preference editor.
    • CSS spy for Eclipse 4: A spy that enables you to inspect the current CSS for any given UI element. It also allows you to change current CSS values so that you can immediately see the effect.
    • E4 Databinding: The E4 version of databinding.
    • e4 Language Support: Support for writing plugins in multiple languages. It currently includes runtime support for JavaScript Bundles
    • E4 Search: The Search Console. In addition to the framework, you can optionally install an example search provider, and the compatibility feature.
    • Eclipse 3.x bridge: : An experimental 3.x bridge feature for using some Eclipse 4 capabilities in the 3.x stream.
    • Eclipse 4 core tools: Runtime components required by other e4 features. Contains Eclipse 4 workbench model tooling.
    • Eclipse 4 event spy: Tooling to spy on events that pass through the OSGi event manager.
    • Eclipse 4 Semantic File System: The E4/Resources/Semantic File System(SFS) represents an add-on to the Eclipse Resource Management that augments the Resources Plug-in API with an additional API to work with RESTful or REST-like resources.
  2. Review the items to be installed and click Next.
  3. Accept the license terms and click Finish.

Installing e4 0.14 for Kepler

Most recent repository always changes: Pick the most recent one from e4 downloads.

Installing from the repository

  1. If not done already, download, install and run Eclipse Eclipse SDK 4.3.x
  2. Select Help > Install New Software...
  3. In the "Work With" field, type the update site. The final 0.14 build is here: http://download.eclipse.org/e4/downloads/drops/R-0.14-201306242200/repository/

Features to Install for RCP development

  • E4 Tools
    • Eclipse e4 Tools (Incubation)
    • E4 CSS Spy (Incubation)

All Features

  1. Select the features you want to install. They are organized by category.
    1. e4 UI: This will install the e4 UI runtime components. To be able to run the e4 photo demo (a RCP style application), you should check everything under the "E4 UI" category: Eclipse e4 CSS, Eclipse e4 UI, Eclipse e4 CSS Source, and Eclipse e4 UI Source. [1]
    2. e4 Tools: Eclipse 4 workbench model tooling and an experimental 3.x bridge feature for using some Eclipse 4 capabilities in the 3.x stream.
    3. e4 Search: The Search Console. In addition to the framework, you can optionally install an example search provider, and the compatibility feature.
    4. e4 Language Support: Support for writing plugins in multiple languages. It currently includes runtime support for JavaScript Bundles
    5. e4 Resources: Experimental work to support a resource model based on REST resource APIs
    6. e4 Runtime: Runtime components required by other e4 features
    7. e4 Server: Experimental Bespin server based on e4
    8. e4 TM:Toolkit Model. A declarative UI runtime based on EMF
    9. e4 XWT: This will install the declarative UI runtime and its development environment. The "E4 XWT" feature contains XWT runtime and "E4 XWT Tools" corresponds to the development environment.
  2. Review the items to be installed and click Next.
  3. Accept the license terms and click Finish.

Archive

E4/Install/Archive

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