THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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We will be using Eclipse Ganymede and Sun JDK 6.0+ for the illustration. Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) can be installed using the following options
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This page describes how to install the current release of the GEP. For information about installing previous releases, see this page.
Prerequisites Anchor Prereqs
- Java J2SE 1.5.0 or greater
- Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4) or Europa (Eclipse 3.3 Winter))
- Apache Geronimo 2.0.x or 2.1.x server
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- Once you have all the prerequisites installed. Launch Eclipse from <Eclipse_Home>/eclipse.
- By default Eclipse will be launched with Java EE perspective.
- Select Help->Software Updates.. from the menu.
- On the next screen select Available Software tab. Select Add Site.
- Copy and paste the following site to Add Site window and Select Ok.
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htmlhttp://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/ 
- Expand http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/ and Select Geronimo v2.1 Server Adapter v2.1.3.
- Once done you have to wait a few seconds while Eclipse resolves dependencies.
- Once done, the Install window will pop up. Select Next.
- Accept the license and Select Finish.
- Installation will start and will take time few minutes. A progress window will display the jars being installed.
- Once GEP is installed you will be prompted to restart. Select yes.
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GEP may be uninstalled in a similar manner in which it was installed.
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Uninstall does not work well on Ganymede, especially for GEP. It will uninstall GEP, but then you can't reinstall it, as it doesn't really get uninstalled. The only way to reinstall GEP in Ganymede is to reinstall Ganymede itself! See Eclipse Bugzilla 244935 for details, and hopefully a fix soon!