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Installing Geronimo Eclipse Plugin

The GEP can also be installed via the Eclipse Update manager by creating a new remote site pointing to http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/. Follow the steps below to install GEP:

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To verify that the GEP installation has been successful, start your new Eclipse installation and from the workspace select "Help --> About Eclipse Platform". In the panel that appears you will see anywhere from 4-6 Eclipse icons representing the various Eclipse projects and/or components installed. You must also see the Geronimo icon as shown below. If not something has not been installed correctly. If the Geronimo icon does appear, that is a very good indication that Eclipse and the GEP have been installed correctly, and you can confidently continue to the next step.

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1. Launch the Define a New Server dialog using one of the following:
   • From the Servers view in the Java EE Perspective: Right-right click, and select New, and Server.
   • From any Perspective: Select File, New, Other, Server.
2. Select Apache Geronimo v2.1 Server and click Next.
3. Select a 5.0 JRE (click Installed JREs to add any new JREs and return to this dialog once done).
4. If you already have Geronimo v2.1 installation that you want to use with GEP, enter the directory name or browse to <geronimo_home> and click Next. Skip the next three steps and go to selecting source archive.
5. Enter a directory for Application Server Installation Directory, under Download Options select the web Web container and click Download and Install.

   Note
   title Important
   The directory specified for Application Server Installation Directory must exist in order to select Download Options.

6. Click OK for Install Confirmation. This will install the selected Geronimo v2.1 server and fill the Application Server Installation Directory field accordingly.
7. Click Next.
8. Select the location of the archive containing Geronimo source and click Next. This is required only if you intend to debug into Geronimo source code.
9. Modify Hostname, Administrator Id, Administrator password, Web Connector port and RMI Naming port if necessary and click Finish. Normally you will not need to change the default values for these fields for a newly installed Geronimo 2.1 server.

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