Thursday, April 25, 2013

Eclipse – download and install

Eclipse is free and open source multi-language software development environment. It can be used to develop applications in Java, and in other programming languages (C, C++, COBOL, Fortran, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, etc).

You can check my previous post to find out more about this tool.

Download
Using your browser access the Eclipse download site: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads.



Choose the tool that is most suitable to you. If you work with Java, I would recommend the download of one of these:
 - Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
 - Eclipse Classic 4.2.2
 - Eclipse IDE for Java Developers

I use the IDE for Java EE, because I’m working with JBoss, WebLogic and a few more Java application servers.

So, click on the package you select, and navigate to its download page.


On the righ side of this page, you’ll find the download links for the supported operating systems. If you’ld like to download a previous versions, use the links on the left side of the page (Indigo Packages, for example).

So, download the Zip or the Tar/Gz file, and place it on your local software repository.

Install
Difficult? Not really… If you’re using Windows (as I am) just unzip the file. I place all my Java installations in C:\Java. 

 
To complete the installation, go the Eclipse installation folder, and create a shortcut to eclipse.exe and place it on your desktop or wherever is better for you.


You’re ready to go! Open Eclipse using your shortcut, and navigate.
Use the available tutorials, if you need help to start.

Enjoy!

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