Installing Eclipse

[Jari-Matti Mäkelä]

Janice Caron wrote:

> Most people start by downloading one of the four different download
> packages:
> 
>    1. If you are a Java developer and need a Java IDE start with this
>    package. 2. If you are a Java developer creating Java EE application
>    start
> with this package.
>    3. If you are a C/C++ developer and need a C/C++ IDE start with this
>    package. 4. If you are planning to build Eclipse plugins and/or RCP
> applications start with this package.
> 
> At this point, I figured I'd better ask this forum for help, since I
> want to do none of those four things.
> 
> Are there any detailed instructions on how to get Eclipse running,
> starting from scratch, anywhere? If so, can you point me to them?

AFAIK the only differences between those versions are additional plugins. If
you're only developing D programs, you don't probably need those. YMMV, but
I've had the best success with the 3.4 milestones (ubuntu repos do not have
>3.2 yet and 3.3 was buggy). Just install the SDK, then Descent via the
integrated update tool. If you need more plugins, they can be installed
with the same tool.

Here's a link to the latest release
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.4M2-200709210919/index.php