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:

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)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.