How to Install: Eclipse with Python, C, and Subplugins already installed

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology –
Computer Science & Software Engineering

Overview

Anyone who needs to install (or reinstall) Eclipse 3.4 with plugins for Subclipse, Python, and/or C will find it quicker to follow these instructions than to install everything separately.  

Your computer must have a working Java Runtime Environment (JRE) v5 or v6 to run Eclipse. If you have a pre-2005 laptop or have done your own Windows install, follow the instructions for installing Java 6.

Installing Eclipse

Follow all of the following steps to install and configure Eclipse on Windows:

  1. Download and Install Eclipse with the Pydev, C, and Subclipse Plugins Already Installed
    1. Login to your regular user account (which should have at least power user privileges, the default at Rose).
    2. If you have a prior version of Eclipse, uninstall your existing version(s). With Eclipse this just involves deleting the application's folder from c:\Program Files .
    3. Regardless of whether or not you had an existing, prior version of Eclipse, click this link to the local zip archive for Eclipse with Pydev, C, and Subclipse plugins already installed.
    4. Drag the eclipse folder from inside the zip archive (however your zip extractor does this) to c:\Program Files.
  2. Add an Eclipse Shortcut
    1. Open the folder C:\Program Files\eclipse.
    2. Drag the file eclipse.exe onto the start menu button and hold it there without releasing the mouse button; this is called hovering.
    3. The start menu should pop open.� When it does, continue dragging the eclipse.exe file onto the All Programs submenu and hover there.
    4. The All Programs menu should pop open.� When it does, drag the eclipse.exe file to a place of your choosing and drop the file by releasing the mouse button.
  3. Configure Eclipse.
    1. Note: you don't have to install the plugins, but you do need to do some configuration. Follow the appropriate link to configure each plugin:
      1. Subclipse. Start at "Using Subclipse".
      2. Python. Start at "Installing the PyDev Plugin for Eclipse", step 3.
      3. C. Start at "Writing Your First C Program"
      4. Java. Start at the beginning (it's short)