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== Intro ==

[http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse] ([http://wiki.eclipse.org/Main_Page wiki site]) is an open source community whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the application development lifecycle. A large and vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities, research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse platform.

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<li>Download the file, untar it into ~/opt </li>

<li> and make an executable launcher to start the program (/home/user/bin/eclipse)

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla/"

export ECLIPSE_HOME="$HOME/opt/eclipse"

$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

</li>

<li> start eclipse and add the extras through the 'help' menu </li>

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| text = to get Subclipse working on my Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex system, I had to install the Java bindings for Subversion (see http://subclipse.tigris.org/wiki/JavaHL) and also modify my eclipse.ini settings}}

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

# provides the JavaHL libraries

sudo apt-get install libsvn-java

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

Add to eclipse.ini

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

=== PHPEclipse ===

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http://www.aptana.com/studio

Their 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.

=== Polarion ===

Polarion offers some additional features for use with Subversion such as LDAP authentication

http://www.polarion.com/products/eclipse/

=== Zend Studio for Eclipse ===

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| 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

note too that the discovery site URIs should be added to the eclipse software under " help -> software updates -> add site " for software discovery. The ~~contents there~~ are not formatted for human reading.

note too that the discovery site URIs should be added to the eclipse software under " help -> software updates -> add site " for software discovery. The endpoints for these URIs are not formatted for human reading.

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In addition to installing Eclipse, you should definitely be sure to set the Java environement

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

sudo update-java-alternatives --list

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

That command should list something like

<pre>

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</pre>

Then you can set the Sun Microsystems Java as the default with

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

To upgrade, you should be able to just

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+{{highlight|text=This page was last updated in 2009.  I personally have been using [[NetBeans]] instead of Eclipse [[User:Freephile|freephile]] ([[User talk:Freephile|talk]]) 21:25, 30 January 2016 (EST)}}
 == Intro  ==
 [http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse] ([http://wiki.eclipse.org/Main_Page wiki site]) is an open source community whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the application development lifecycle.  A large and vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities, research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse platform.
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 <li>Download the file, untar it into ~/opt </li>
 <li> and make an executable launcher to start the program (/home/user/bin/eclipse)
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla/"
 export ECLIPSE_HOME="$HOME/opt/eclipse"
 $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 </li>
 <li> start eclipse and add the extras through the 'help' menu </li>
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 | type = failure
 | text = to get Subclipse working on my Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex system, I had to install the Java bindings for Subversion (see http://subclipse.tigris.org/wiki/JavaHL) and also modify my eclipse.ini settings}}
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 # provides the JavaHL libraries
 sudo apt-get install libsvn-java
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 Add to eclipse.ini
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 === PHPEclipse ===
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 http://www.aptana.com/studio
 Their 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.
+=== Polarion ===
+Polarion offers some additional features for use with Subversion such as LDAP authentication
+http://www.polarion.com/products/eclipse/
 === Zend Studio for Eclipse ===
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 | 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
-note too that the discovery site URIs should be added to the eclipse software under " help -> software updates -> add site " for software discovery.  The contents there are not formatted for human reading.
+note too that the discovery site URIs should be added to the eclipse software under " help -> software updates -> add site " for software discovery.  The endpoints for these URIs are not formatted for human reading.
 }}
 In addition to installing Eclipse, you should definitely be sure to set the Java environement
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 sudo update-java-alternatives --list
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 That command should list something like
 <pre>
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 </pre>
 Then you can set the Sun Microsystems Java as the default with
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 To upgrade, you should be able to just