Setting up your Eclipse
Tihomir R. Todorov
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| Copyright © 2010 Tihomir R. Todorov | |
| 11.27.2010 |
Contents |
| 1 Check the used JRE defenition |
| 2 Configuring Maven 3 in Eclipse |
The tutorial describes how to set up Eclipse better before you start to develop an application.
1 Check the used JRE defenition
In Eclipse Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs. The location of the JRE definition should be the path to the Java JDK SE. In my case "C:\Programme\Java\jdk1.6.0_22".
Done!
2 Configuring Maven 3 in Eclipse
This point is optional. Only if you have installed Maven 3 and if you wish to use it verify the following setting.
In Eclipse Window->Preferences->Run/Debug->String Substitution->New.... In my case:
- Name: m3-exec
- Value: C:\Portable\apache-maven-3.0\bin\mvn3.bat
- Descrtiption: Path to maven executable in the local file system.
In Eclipse Window->Preferences->Java->Build Path->Classpath Variables->New.... In my case:
- Name: M2_REPO
- Path: C:/Portable/maven/my-repo
In Eclipse Window->Preferences->Ant->Runtime->Properties->Add Property.... In my case:
- Name: maven.home
- Value: C:\Portable\apache-maven-3.0
Download the metadata.7z and unpack it in your workspace ( e.g. C:\Portable\eclipse-rcp-galileo-sr2-win32-riena\workspace\). The folder ".metadata" contains predefined launches for Maven, that can be accessed in Eclipse using Run->External Tools->External Tools Configurations. Make sure that you unpack the 7z file correctly. The launches should be in: .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.debug.core\.launches\.
Done!