Update Site Installation - Eclipse 3.4 through 3.6
To install using an update site, you'll need:
- Eclipse 3.4 or higher or any IDE based on Eclipse 3.4 through 3.6.
- The Update site location/URL.
- Live Internet connection on the machine you're installing the product into.
If you're installing on a machine without internet connections, use the zip file instead.
Installation steps are slightly different with each IDE and
Eclipse version but the overall concept is the same.
The main steps are:
- Unzip and launch Eclipse (double click eclipse.exe).
- Open the Eclipse Update manager. In 3.4, select the Help top-level menu and select Software Updates...
In 3.5 or 3.6, select Help > Install New Software...
- Add a new update site location (available from the product
download page).
- Select the features to install and click "Install..." (in 3.4) or the "Next" (in 3.5 or 3.6) button to start downloading and
installing the product.
For a more complete installation instructions, click the Update
Site link on the product download page that corresponds with the version
of Eclipse/IDE you want to install the product into.
Troubleshooting a failed installation
Here are some known update site installation problems and their possible solutions:
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- Make sure the update site URL you're using is correct. Update sites are available from the product download page.
- Make sure your internet connection is working.
- Try installing into a fresh copy of Eclipse.
- It's possible that the server was down. Please try again later.
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- Make sure to select all the features to install.
- Make sure to use an Eclipse package that includes the PDE (like Eclipse Classic, RCP/Plugin or JEE Development).
- Try to uninstall, restart and reinstall.
- Try installing into a fresh copy of Eclipse.