Difference between revisions of "Eclipse/Installation"

Revision as of 22:56, 24 April 2009

Installing Eclipse 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. Also see: Installing JRE 1.6.0 (Update x) as the Default Runtime in Linux.

• Consider an IBM JDK or a Sun JDK. See below for minimum requirements.

Eclipse 3.3 / Europa

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 1.4.2 for basic functionality, but some plugins require 5.0/1.5; for example Mylyn and various WTP plugins. If you downloaded and installed the Java EE Developer package, you will definitely need Java 5 or JDK 1.5 to run it.

• Get Eclipse:

• 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 a Europa Bundle, then unpack it and start it up.

Additional Plugins

To add other plugins, here's the general process.

• Start Update Manager.

Help > Software Updates > Find and Install... > 
  (*) Search for new features > Next > 
  [x] Europa Discovery Site > 
  New Remote Site > add a new site >
  Finish

• Expand the Europa Discovery site to resolve dependencies. Collapsed sites will not be searched.

• Select the feature(s) you want to install.

• Click the Select Required button to resolve missing dependencies.

• Install. Restart. Enjoy.

Eclipse 3.2 / Callisto

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 1.4.2.

• Get Eclipse:

• 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.

Additional Plugins

To add other plugins, here's the general process.

• Start Update Manager.

Help > Software Updates > Find and Install... > 
  (*) Search for new features > Next > 
  New Remote Site > add the new site: http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/releases/ >
  New Remote Site > add a new site >
  Finish

• 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 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.