Wiki Markup{scrollbar}We will be using Eclipse Galileo and Sun JDK 6.0+ for the illustration. Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) can be installed using the following options:

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ExcerptThis page describes how to install the current release of the GEP (GEP 2.2).

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Note that with v2.2, the v2.2 Geronimo server adapter feature provides server adapters for the v1.1.x, v2.0.x, v2.1.x and v2.2 Geronino servers. The reason for supporting v1.1.x server is to make v1.1.x server adapter compatible with latest version of eclipse. But since Geronimo 1.1 did not officially support JDK 6, it's not recommended to use v1.1.x server adapter with JDK 6.See the requirement in GERONIMODEVTOOLS-578.

If you plan to upgrade GEP to the latest version, you have to uninstall the existing one from your Eclipse first. See Uninstalling GEP for more details.

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Prerequisites Anchor PrereqsPrereqs

• Java SE 1.6.0
• Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (Helios (Eclipse 3.6), Galileo (Eclipse 3.5), Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4))
  • Eclipse Helios Download
  • Eclipse Galileo Download
  • Eclipse Ganymede Download
• Apache Geronimo 2.2 server
  • Apache Geronimo downloads

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From version 3.4, Eclipse adopted a new update manager called P2. The update manager can't uninstall plug-ins that isn't installed by P2. As a result, with this method, GEP can't be uninstalled by eclipse update manager in eclipse 3.4. See Bug245469 for details.

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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.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. On the next screen click Add.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Copy and paste the following site to Add Site window and Select OK. Code Blockhtmlhtml http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/
5. Expand http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/. Select Geronimo v2.2 Server Adapter v2.2 and click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Wait until Eclipse finish resovling the requirements and dependencies. Review the details and click Finish.
   
   
   
   
7. Review the license and accept the agreement.
   
   
   
   
8. You have to wait a few seconds while Eclipse resolves dependencies.
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Select the items that you trust and select OK. You can review the details of these certificates by clicking on details.
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Once GEP is installed you will be prompted to restart. Select Yes.
    

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

Uninstalling GEP Anchor UninstallGEPUninstallGEP

You can cleanly uninstalled GEP only if you have installed it cleanly. To do so, install your GEP by using Eclipse update manager. If your GEP was installed within WTP, reinstall it with Eclipse update manager to update some meta information so that a clean uninstallation can be preformed.

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• Help->Install New Software-> What is already installed?
• Help->About Eclipse->Installation Details

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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!