Installing the ZIP file into Eclipse prior to 3.4
Note: We recommend using the installer to install into Eclipse 3.3 and earlier versions.
Before you install:
- Make sure your system is supported. See the product's System Requirements.
- Make sure Eclipse is installed but not running. You can download Eclipse from the Eclipse.org website.
- Make sure Java is installed. You can download Java from Sun's website.
Please
make sure to download the correct zip file version for the version of
Eclipse or WSAD/RAD product you are installing it into.
Here are two ways you can install the zip file:
Option 1: Install using a link file (Recommended)
- Select a location outside of your Eclipse installation
and create an
\eclipse
subdirectory. Unzip the files into the eclipse
subdirectory. This will add features
and plugins
subdirectories to the eclipse
directory.
Example: C:\Program Files\Instantiations\productname\eclipse
\features
\plugins
- Next, create a .link file (text file) that contains a
single line specifying the full path to the product location.
Example: If you used the example in step 1 above, your path will be:
path=C:/Program Files/Instantiations/productname.
Save
the text file in your \eclipse\links
directory
with a file extension of .link
.
You may have to create the links subdirectory if it does not
exist.Example: c:\dev\eclipse\links\productname.link
- Before starting Eclipse, delete everything in your
\eclipse\configuration
directory
except for your config.ini
file.
This is to avoid a common Eclipse 3.x plugin cache bug.
Option 2. Unzip directly into your Eclipse root directory.
This
is the simplest but least flexible.
- Unzip the files into your Eclipse root directory while making
sure to preserve the folder structure within the ZIP file. This will
add the product features and plug-ins to your existing Eclipse features
and plug-in directories.
- Before starting Eclipse, delete everything in your \eclipse\configuration directory
except for your config.ini file. This is to avoid a common Eclipse 3.x plugin cache bug.