Downloading and Installing Eclipse
Before Installing Eclipse, you need to have either the Java JDK (Java development kit) or Java JRE
(Java runtime engine) installed on your computer. These are available at
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
Installing the JDK or JRE is reasonably simple. Detailed, step-by-step instructions, if needed, are
available in the PDF Eclipse Tutorial at the
https://www.arctechsoftware.com/tutorial/welcomePage.do. (Follow the link to “Beginning Eclipse”.)
For Java development, the JDK is recommended because it allows you to see documentation and
source code for the standard Java classes. However, either the JDK or JRE will work for this tutorial.
This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.3, although you could use 3.2 and probably later versions as well.
Here are the steps to install Eclipse 3.3 from www.eclipse.org:
Navigate to www.eclipse.org/downloads
Select “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers”. If your platform is Linux or MacOSX, be sure to
select the link to the right. Note that you can use “Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers”,
“Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers”, or “Eclipse Classic” as well. All of these include the Java
development portions of Eclipse used in this tutorial.
On the www.eclipse.org/downloads page, follow the link “Find out more”. Scroll your browser
to display the far right-hand side of the screen to the column “Tutorials and Help”. The first
tutorial is a Screencam tutorial that steps you through downloading and installing Eclipse on
Windows.
The Eclipse installation is very straightforward. There is no installation program. Instead, you just
create the top-level folder and the unzip the file inside this folder. In Windows XP, for example, just
Before Installing Eclipse, you need to have either the Java JDK (Java development kit) or Java JRE
(Java runtime engine) installed on your computer. These are available at
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
Installing the JDK or JRE is reasonably simple. Detailed, step-by-step instructions, if needed, are
available in the PDF Eclipse Tutorial at the
https://www.arctechsoftware.com/tutorial/welcomePage.do. (Follow the link to “Beginning Eclipse”.)
For Java development, the JDK is recommended because it allows you to see documentation and
source code for the standard Java classes. However, either the JDK or JRE will work for this tutorial.
This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.3, although you could use 3.2 and probably later versions as well.
Here are the steps to install Eclipse 3.3 from www.eclipse.org:
Navigate to www.eclipse.org/downloads
Select “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers”. If your platform is Linux or MacOSX, be sure to
select the link to the right. Note that you can use “Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers”,
“Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers”, or “Eclipse Classic” as well. All of these include the Java
development portions of Eclipse used in this tutorial.
On the www.eclipse.org/downloads page, follow the link “Find out more”. Scroll your browser
to display the far right-hand side of the screen to the column “Tutorials and Help”. The first
tutorial is a Screencam tutorial that steps you through downloading and installing Eclipse on
Windows.
The Eclipse installation is very straightforward. There is no installation program. Instead, you just
create the top-level folder and the unzip the file inside this folder. In Windows XP, for example, just
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