Installation

This section is a detailed guide to install Liferay IDE.

Requirements

• Java 5.0 JRE

• Eclipse Indigo Java EE (3.7.1)
  or
  Eclipse Helios Java EE (3.6.2)

Installation steps

• Install Eclipse Indigo or Helios (unzip download file from above)

• Run eclipse executable (eclipse.exe)

• When eclipse opens, go to Help > Install New Software...

  E:\src code\tools\trunk\ide\eclipse\common\plugins\com.liferay.ide.eclipse.doc\help\gettingstarted\images\liferay_ide_install_1.png

• In the "Work with" field, paste in one of the following update sites:
  Eclipse Indigo Update Site

• • http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/indigo/stable/

  • http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/indigo/nightly/ (Nightly builds are unstable but contain new features more quickly)

• Eclipse Helios Update Site

• • http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/helios/stable/

  • http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/helios/nightly/ (Nightly builds are unstable but contain new features more quickly)
    

• After pasting in URL press enter

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• The Liferay IDE features should be detected, select it before clicking Next

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• After calculating dependencies, click Next to complete installation.

• After installation restart Eclipse to verify installation is complete.

• After restarting Eclipse go to Help > About and you should see and icon badge for Liferay IDE that shows you have it properly installed

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Alternative installation

The next set of instructions describe how to install Liferay IDE without typing the URL of an update site:

• Instead of typing in a URL, you can download the the archived update site from this link liferay-ide-eclipse-updatesite-1.4.0.zip .

• In Add Site dialog, click the "Archive" button and browse to the location of the downloaded zip file.

• Installation proceeds the same as previous section.