Getting JBoss Server Plugin Installed in Eclipse 3.2 Part 1

I have Eclipse 3.2 running and my goal is to use the JBoss IDE server for debugging purposes.

Before we get going on getting the JBoss tools, I am assuming you have a fresh version of Eclipse 3.2 without any of the updates, etc.

If by chance you have a Configuration Problem with your updates, disable all of your non-essential/problematic features. You will need to get the Servers perspective into Eclipse before you start the JBoss plugin install process, otherwise you’ll be in a state where you can’t get any Eclipse updates whatsoever.

STEP 1: MANDATORY

So, for starters go to Help>Software Updates>Search for New features to install and Selected the Eclipse Project Updates and Callisto Discovery Site.

Select all of the items and update them all.

Make sure you install them and and restart the work bench. This will take a long time, and you’ll probably have a lot extra items that you won’t need.

STEP 2: OPTIONAL

This step is optional, so if you’re not interested, move on to step 3.

When Eclipse restarts, go to Help>Software Updates>Search for New features to install.

Click Next New Remote Site: Name: JBoss Server URL: http://download.jboss.org/jbosside/updates/stable

Click Ok Click Finish Check the JBoss Server Check Box

If you’re like me you need a bunch of other Plugins, hence the SeamTools prompt. *********Now I’ve done this on two machines and both worked. Technically you don’t need to to the Find and Install this plugin, but you can if you’d like for future updates. What i did on one machine is unselect all of the items with the Red X. Click Next Check the Radio Button I accept the terms in the license agreements Click Finish Click Install All Click Yes to Restart Eclipse After Eclipse comes back up, just shut it down. We need some other plugins that we’ll download. ******On the other machine all i did was download and install the JBoss Tools. Read on…

STEP 3: MANDATORY You can get the full bundle of JBoss ide downloads from sourceforge. Download the JBossTools-2.0.0.0.GA bundle

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  Download the Tools JBossTools-2.0.0.GA-ALL-win32.zip

Extract it and there will be a features and a plugins directory. Copy these into your eclipse installation. My Eclipse install is as c:\eclipse, there will be a features and plugins directory, just copy over them. Everything in the JBossTools may be individually downloaded and installed as well, but it’s easier and safer to go with the JBossTools-2.0.0.GA-ALL bundle because you can be sure it’s not beta. If you want to download individually go to: http://labs.jboss.com/tools/download/index.html Now, restart Eclipse, you should now have everything that you need to run the JBoss Server. Now if you had not done the full update at the beginning of this blog post, you would run yourself into a situation like below where you need the core server package, but you’d be stuck. STEP 4: Now it’s assumed that you have the jboss server, but if you don’t you can download JBoss 4.0.5.GA.zip. You can find it here. Next post i will show how to set the server up.