[jim furlong]

I want to get going on the Android SDK. I see I need at least eclipse 3.5 (galieo).

I have ME 6.0 Std. Ed.. and eclipse 3.3.

I tried going through the Help->Software Updates->Find & Install, the search revealed updates which I installed, but they “appear” to be only updates for eclipse 3.3.

1) Is there an interface I am missing to get the latest eclipse?
2) Would it be safe to just go to eclipse and download the latest version (i.e. do not go through the configuration manager in ME)?

Thanks in advance. jim

[jim furlong]

I was able to figure this out myself. I see there are 25 views so here is the solution.

First (I had forgotten), Eclipse is distributed as a simple ZIP file. Installing it requires nothing more than unzipping it. However, it wants to unpack the file with the root directory named ‘eclipse’. If I did that, that would have over-written my existing Eclipse (version 3.2) install. So,

STEP 1: create a new directory (I called mine c:\eclipse_3.6.1) and then go one directory down in the ZIP file (go under ‘eclipse’) and unzip all the files and directories to the new location.

STEP 2: is copy the ‘links’ directory under your old eclipse install to your new install location. I only had one file in my links dir named com.genuitec.eclipse.MyEclipse.link. The contents of this file is nothing more than where my MyEclipse install lives i.e. path=C:\\Program Files\\MyEclipse 6.0

STEP 3: is modifying the MyEclipse shortcut on your desktop. Right-click on the icon and open Properties to reveal the shortcut properties. There are two fields that need to be changed. The first is called Target and the second is called Start in. All you need to do is change the path to your new install location. In my case I changed Target to:

Target: C:\eclipse_3.6.1\eclipse.exe -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide

and Start in to:

Start in: C:\eclipse_3.6.1

Then I tried starting MyEclipse (double-click on the short cut) and crossed my fingers. To my surprise it worked. I immediately saw the Helios banner, then there was a long pause, but finally MyEclipse asked me where I wanted my ‘workspace.’ Apparently, it doesn’t remember your old ones. But I just browsed to where my old workspace was and I was up and running.

You will notice some changes to your new MyEclipse. The menu items and dialogs are different. But that’s just an indication you are running with the new Eclipse.

Good luck!

[jim furlong]

While the previous post was successful for launching MyEclipse with the latest Eclipse version, it only worked if launched from the desktop icon. If your MyEclipse is on your Start Menu, you need to edit that shortcut, too.

The start menu shortcut is located in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\MyEclipse 6.0. The short cut name is something like MyEclipse 6.0.1.

Right-click on it, go to Properties and make the same changes as was suggested in the previous post.

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