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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.

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

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).

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 5.0.

• Download an All-In-One bundle, then unpack it and start it up.

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.

From Update Site

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 5.0.

• Get Eclipse:

• Download an Eclipse SDK or Runtime Binary or the latest Ganymede JEE Bundle, then unpack it and start it up.

• Download the latest PDT 1.1 build. Unpack the zip somewhere.

unzip -d ~/eclipse/org.eclipse.php_feature-N20080512.zip_ org.eclipse.php_feature-N20080512.zip

• 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...

• Install. Restart. Enjoy.

From Zips

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 5.0.

• Download the latest PDT 1.1 build + all its listed dependencies, including Eclipse.

• Save this script as pdt.sh. The first time, run it like this to create a clean PDT install: ./pdt.sh clean; on subsequent restarts, just run ./pdt.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 vm=/opt/sun-java2-5.0/bin/java
 eclipse=eclipse-SDK-3.4M7-linux-gtk.tar.gz
 workspace=~/eclipse/pdt-dev/workspace
 
 pushd ~/eclipse/pdt-dev >/dev/null
 if [[ $1 == "clean" ]]; then
   rm -fr eclipse;
   echo "Unpack $eclipse..."; tar xzf $eclipse
   for f in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.zip"); do
     echo "Unpack $f ..."; unzip -qq $f -d eclipse/dropins/${f/.zip/}
   done
 fi
 
 echo "Using vm=$vm and workspace=$workspace"; ./eclipse/eclipse -vm $vm -data $workspace \
   -vmargs -Xms128M -Xmx256M -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M \
   -consolelog -clean -debug -console -noexit
 popd >/dev/null

Eclipse 3.3 / Europa / PDT 1.0

• Install a JDK or JRE -- minimum required level is 5.0.

• 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 the Europa JEE Bundle, then unpack it and start it up.

• Start Update Manager.

Help > Software Updates > Find and Install... > 
  (*) Search for new features > Next > 
  [x] Europa Discovery Site > 
  New Remote Site > add the new site: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/ >
  Finish

• 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

• 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.

• 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 the new site: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/ >
  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 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.