VE/Installing

This document contains tips and suggestions for installing VE 1.3 for Eclipse 3.3. Nothing on this page is officially supported and is subject to change without notice.

There are three contributed ways to install VE:

ehecht.com

• See http://www.ehecht.com/eclipse_ve/ve.html

Chris Dolan (on behalf of Avid Technology Inc.)

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.

Uninstall old VE

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

Install WTP Prereqs

1. Via the Europa update site, install prerequisites for WTP:
   • org.eclipse.datatools
   • org.eclipse.wst
   • org.eclipse.jst
   • org.eclipse.jpt

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

1. 1. Go to http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/
   2. Click the 3.0M1 build
   3. Download the wtp-sdk zip
   4. Unpack the .zip file somewhere
   5. In that extracted folder, there is an "eclipse" subdir
   6. In that subdir, create a file called ".eclipseextension"
   7. In eclipse, go to Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration
   8. Click "Add an Extension Location"
   9. Select the WTP "eclipse" subdir from above

Install VE From SourceForge

1. 1. Go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131065&package_id=154855
   2. Click "Visual Editor patched as in bug 202562"
   3. Click org.eclipse.visualeditor-1.3.0.200709121813.zip
   4. Unpack the .zip file somewhere
   5. In that extracted folder, there is an " org.eclipse.visualeditor-1.3.0.200709121813" subdir
   6. Rename that subdir to "eclipse"
   7. In that "eclipse" subdir, create a file called ".eclipseextension"
   8. In eclipse, go to Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration
   9. Click "Add an Extension Location"
   10. Select the VE "eclipse" subdir from above

Restart Eclipse

1. • If that fails, try restarting Eclipse with the -clean argument.

Daniel Young

Setup / Downloads

Instead of installing the prerequisites for wtp or wtp itself

• Download the 3.0M1 milestone release of WTP (the runtime is sufficient) Inside the archive under eclipse / plugins locate and extract all the org.eclipse.jem* files to your plugin folder (in your main ,extension or link folder)
• Go to your features folder and create a folder for each file extracted (name them the same as the plugin files)
• Inside each folder create a feature.properties and feature.xml file with the following contents:

• All feature.properties should look like this:

featureName=Java EMF Model
providerName=Eclipse.org
updateSiteName=Visual Editor update site

• featureName should be changed in each file e.g. featurename=Java EMF Model - BeanInfo

Revise feature.xml files

• Paste the following into the relevant feature.xml file

org.eclipse.jem_2.0.0.v200705302225

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
   <requires>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.proxy"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

org.eclipse.jem.workbench_2.0.0.v200705302225

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem.workbench"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
   <requires>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jem"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.core"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem.workbench"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

org.eclipse.jem.util_2.0.0.v200708131600

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem.util"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200708131600"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
   <requires>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore"/>
      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi"/>
      <import plugin="com.ibm.icu"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem.util"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200708131600"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

org.eclipse.jem.ui_2.0.0.v200705302225

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem.ui"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
   <requires>
     	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.ui"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.ui"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.beaninfo"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.ui.ide"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.debug.ui"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.proxy"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.launching"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.ui.editors"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem.ui"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

org.eclipse.jem.proxy_2.0.0.v200705302225

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem.proxy"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
  <requires>
     	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.launching"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.debug.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.pde.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.ui"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem.proxy"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

org.eclipse.jem.beaninfo_2.0.0.v200705302225

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="org.eclipse.jem.beaninfo"
      label="%featureName"
      version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      image="eclipse_update_120.jpg">
   <description>
      %description
   </description>
   <copyright url="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">
      Copyright (c) 2002-2007 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   </copyright>
   <license url="%licenseURL">
      %license
   </license>
   <url>
      <update label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
      <discovery label="%updateSiteName" url="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml"/>
   </url>
   <requires>
     	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.proxy"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jdt.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.workbench"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.ui"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.debug.core"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util"/>
	<import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.change"/>
   </requires>
   <plugin
         id="org.eclipse.jem.beaninfo"
         download-size="0"
         install-size="0"
         version="2.0.0.v200705302225"
         unpack="false"/>
</feature>

Install GEF and EMF, VE

• Install GEF and EMF/SDO from the Europa site or their update sites.

• GEF: milestones, releases
• EMF/SDO: milestones, releases

• Install VE as above.