How to Install Eclipse, Tomcat, and Visual Editor

 

To install Eclipse on your home computer:

 

  1. Go to http://www.eclipse.org/
  2. Click the link, Download Eclipse
  3. Click the link, Eclipse Classic 3.4
  4. Click the Download from: link, click Open in the dialog box
  5. In the WinZip dialog, click the Extract button and select a drive, such as c:/ or your jump drive.
  6. Open the eclipse folder
  7. Double-click the eclipse.exe file or right-click and click Create Shortcut.

 

To install Tomcat (web server) on your home computer:

 

  1. Go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi.
  2. Click the link, Windows Executable, under the 5.5.17 category.
  3. In the File Download dialog, click Run (or Save to save and run later).
  4. In the setup wizard, follow the prompts. When selecting the HTTP/1.1 Connector Port, you may want to enter 8888 to avoid conflicts with 8080.
  5. When installation is complete (after a few seconds), click Finish in the wizard.

 

To install the Visual Editor:

 

  1. Launch Eclipse by double-clicking the Eclipse shortcut on the Desktop.
  2. When running Eclipse for the first time, use the default folder for a workspace (or create a different folder for a workspace) and click OK.
  3. In the Eclipse IDE, click Help, point to Software Updates, and click Find and Install.
  4. Click the button for Search for new features to install and click Next.
  5. Click the checkbox for Visual Editor update site and click Finish.
  6. Using the default (first) selection, click OK in the Update Site Mirrors dialog.
  7. In the Updates dialog, click the + icons to expand the lists of checkboxes. Click the checkbox for Visual Editor 1.2.0 (not Visual Editor SDK 1.2.0). Click Next.
  8. Click the button for “I accept…” and click Next.
  9. Click Finish. (Downloading this installation file may take 5+ minutes.)
  10. Click Install All in the Verification dialog.
  11. Click Yes to restart Eclipse and click OK in the Workspace Launcher dialog.