= Eclipse IDE and Collaboration Tools Installation =

1. Installing the Eclipse IDE

Visit the Eclipse Homepage

• Click on the big yellow download eclipse button
• Scroll down to the bottom of the list and find Eclipse Classic
• Select the appropriate version for your operating system
  • For MAC OS: Eclipse Classic 3.4.1 (151 MB) - Mac OS X (151 MB)
  • For PC: Eclipse Classic 3.4.1 - Windows (151 MB)
• Chose a download location and save to disk
• Extract file to location of your choice
• Start the program using eclipse.exe

Note: You may need Java Runtime Enviroment to run Eclipse, you can find it here

2. Adding the SVN Plugin

Visit the Subclipse Instructions

• Substitute the URL in the "New Update Site" in the instructions with the url from the subclipse site
• The current url is http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x

3. Installing MyLyn to sync Trac Ticket work requests

• Open Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) or later
• Select Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install ...
• In the dialog window choose "Select New Features to Install"; then click "Next"
• Select the checkbox next to "Europa Discovery Site"; then click "Finish"
• Select a Mirror
• Open the Europa Discovery Site list of Packages that shows up and select MyLyn; Agree To The Terms: Click Next; Click Finish
• Agree to Install All despite some packages not being signed
• Agree to restart Eclipse

4. Restart Eclipse

• I suggest creating a folder called Workspace in your root directory
• Select this folder
• Open the view "SVN Repository Exploring"
• Configure the view to see SVN and Task Repositories
• Add your repositories