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adds RSE info; moves Zend Studio and Aptana Studio into "Alternates" section
The http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/Installation site offers good details on getting a clean and fully updated installation working, especially if you have particular needs for an older version. Similarly, this HOWTO seems like it's complete and tested, although I didn't follow it. http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-eclipse-pdt2.0-on-eclipse3.4-ganymede
== Components Features ==The word "features" in the eclipse world refers to '''components''' that you can install on top of the core platform. It is the components which are actually the things that allow you to do the things you think of when "using" eclipse. Features in eclipse is similar to the concept of installing applications on top of an operating system.
As a [http://www.eclipse.org/home/categories/languages.php Language IDE] eclipse offers tools for just about every programming language (click on "Related EPIC [http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/ Plugins]" in the bottom panel). It has also expanded beyond what you might consider when you think "Integrated Development Environment" to include not just advanced tools like UML modeling, but even support for Service Oriented Architectures.
=== Remote System Explorer ===
The '''Target Management (RSE)''' feature allows you to operate on your remote systems like it was the local system, and includes a shell where you can execute commands plus process monitor and more.
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm/
=== Web Tools Platform ===
# Click Help -> Software updates -> Available Software -> Add Site
# Enter <code>
<nowiki>http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.4.x</nowiki> </code> in the dialog, click OK
* HTTP4e - HTTP Client for web development, web services, soap and rest http://http4e.roussev.org/
== Alternates ==Aside from installing Eclipse and plugins "the good old-fashioned way", you can also find many Vendor-supplied gratis distributions usually with a hook into their revenue-generating business. === Aptana Studio ===http://www.aptana.com/studioTheir no-cost version is pretty complete, and the pro version is almost as cheap as they come at $99 The pro version adds SFTP capability which I don't understand since you can get Target Management RSE for free -- and the latter seems more powerful from the description. I don't use it, and haven't compared Aptana to the free Eclipse, but I figured I'd mention it in case someone is looking for a product that comes with paid technical support. === Zend Studio for Eclipse ===Zend Studio and other IDEs are is similar to the PDT(in fact they originated or contribute to the PDT project), but are it is not free.
* http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewlink-cid-1268.html
* http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/
| text = the Eclipse Foundation coordinates an update to the technology on an annual basis (this process is called a "Release Train") and has been doing so every June since 2003.
; 2006 : Eclipse 3.2 / Calisto
<nowiki>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/calisto/ </nowiki> discovery site
; 2007 : Eclipse 3.3 / [http://www.crn.com/software/200001763 Europa]
<nowiki>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/europa/ </nowiki> discovery site
; 2008 : Eclipse 3.4 / [http://www.eclipse.org/ganymede/ Ganymede]
<nowiki>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/</nowiki> discovery site
</source>
To upgrade, you should be able to just
# start eclipse
# click Help (Alt + h)
