Eclipse offers an easy way to install/upgrade features. It is done by hand the first time and then, Eclipse can check whether updates are available, download them and install them.
This chapter describes how to install JBoss-IDE with the install/update features of Eclipse, and how to stay up-to-date automatically.
Follow these steps :
- Start Eclipse.
- Select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...
- Select Search for new features to install, and press Next >
- Select New Remote Site... from the right menu. In the dialog fill the name with JBoss Eclipse IDE and the URL with http://download.jboss.org/jbosside/updates/stable
- Make sure JBoss Eclipse IDE has a check next to it, and press Finish.
- Expand the JBoss Eclipse IDE tree, and check the release named JBossIDE 1.5. Click Next >, and Eclipse will ask you if you agree to the licensing terms of JBoss Eclipse IDE. If you agree, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and press Next >
- Eclipse will show you a list of features it is going to install. See Figure 1. Press Finish to start installation.
- After all the features have been downloaded, Eclipse will prompt if you want to install each feature. The quickest way to install everything is to press the Install All button.
- At the end of the installation, you will be prompted to restart Eclipse. Click Yes.
Tip
If you are behind a proxy you have to go to Window > Preferences > Install/Update, select Enable HTTP Proxy Connection and insert values for Host Address and Port.
Tip
You can be notified when new updates are available. You can also configure Eclipse to fetch new updates and make them ready to install. All this configuration can be done through the Help > Software Updates > Configuration Manager menu.Have a look at the Eclipse documentation to get more information about the Configuration Manager.
