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1. Once you have all the prerequisites installed. Launch Eclipse from <ECLIPSE_HOME>/eclipse. By default Eclipse will be launched with Java EE perspective.
2. Select Help->Software Updates.. from the menu.
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3. On the next screen select Available Software tab. Select Add Site.
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4. Copy and paste the following site to Add Site window and Select Ok OK.
   
   
   

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   http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/

   
   
   
   
5. Expand http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/ and Select Geronimo v2.1 2 Server Adapter v2.12. 3.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Once done you have to wait a few seconds while Eclipse resolves dependencies.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Once done, the Install window will pop up. Select Next.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Accept the license and Select Finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Installation will start and will take time few minutes. A progress window will display the jars being installed.
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Once GEP is installed you will be prompted to restart. Select yes Yes.
    

Manual Installation

Using updatesite.zip

1. Download the package geronimo-eclipse-plugin-2.1.32-updatesite.zip from http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/2.1.32/.
2. Once done, unzip the package to a directory on your machine.
3. Follow the instructions in #Installing GEP using Eclipse update manager section. When adding a an update site in step 5, choose Local, and navigate to the directory where you unzipped the updatesite.zip package in the previous step.

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1. Download the package geronimo-eclipse-plugin-2.1.32-deployable.zip from http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/2.1.32/.
2. Once done, unzip the package to your eclipse installation directory. For Ganymede, unzip to the eclipse/dropins directory. You may get a prompt regarding file replacement. Select All.
3. Restart eclipse with the -clean option.

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1. Select Help->About Eclipse Platform.
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2. You can see a G icon in the About Eclipse Platform. This confirms the successful installation of GEP. Click the icon.
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3. On the next screen you can view details- License, Plug-in-Details and set the Columns of the table being displayed.
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Uninstalling GEP

GEP may be uninstalled in a similar manner in which it was installed.

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