VE/Installing

Step by step installation of VE. Please edit me and add the steps. Thank!

Contributed by Chris Dolan:

I got it to work once I figured out the JEM stuff. In the end, these are the steps that worked for me. Note: these are likely not the minimal steps, just one working solution.

1) Fully uninstall any old version of VE or JEM (not just disable)

2) via the Europa update site, install prerequisites for WTP:

2a) org.eclipse.datatools

2b) org.eclipse.wst

2c) org.eclipse.jst

2d) org.eclipse.jpt

3) Install the 3.0M1 milestone release of WTP SDK, which is the authoritative source of JEM 2.0.0:

3a) Go to http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/

3b) Click the 3.0M1 build

3c) Download the wtp-sdk zip

3d) Unpack the .zip file somewhere

3e) In that extracted folder, there is an "eclipse" subdir

3f) In that subdir, create a file called ".eclipseextension"

3h) In eclipse, go to Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration

3i) Click "Add an Extension Location"

3j) Select the WTP "eclipse" subdir from above

4) Install the build of VE:

4a) Go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131065&package_id=154855

4b) Click "Visual Editor patched as in bug 202562"

4c) Click org.eclipse.visualeditor-1.3.0.200709121813.zip

4d) Unpack the .zip file somewhere

4e) In that extracted folder, there is an " org.eclipse.visualeditor-1.3.0.200709121813" subdir

4f) Rename that subdir to "eclipse"

4g) In that "eclipse" subdir, create a file called ".eclipseextension"

4i) In eclipse, go to Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration

4j) Click "Add an Extension Location"

4k) Select the VE "eclipse" subdir from above