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Installing CFEclipse

Peter Boughton edited this page Jan 18, 2012 · 2 revisions

Installation Overview

  1. Install Eclipse
  2. Install CFEclipse
  3. Install Additional ColdFusion Related Plugins (Optional)

Also see the "Manual" and "Alternative" installation methods below.

Installing Eclipse

You must first have Eclipse installed. Eclipse is installed by extracting the files from the downloaded ZIP and running the eclipse.exe (in windows) or the eclipse.app (in mac).

For basic needs, the "Classic" install will be fine. If desired, see the comparison chart for the choosing a different version of Eclipse.

Installing CFEclipse

Eclipse Update sites

  • stable: http://cfeclipse.org/update

  • preview: http://cfeclipse.org/update-preview

    Please Note: If you are uncomfortable using alpha/beta level software download the 'stable' version. Preview versions are considered bleeding edge and may be unstable!

The easiest way to install CFEclipse is to use the built-in installation tool:

Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo)

  1. Select Help > Install new software... menu option.
  2. Type http://www.cfeclipse.org/update into the Work with box and press Add....
  3. Type CFEclipse into the Name field and press OK.
  4. Wait while Eclipse says Pending in the main part of the dialogue.
  5. Tick CFEclipse (including CFUnit and Frameworks) and press Next.
  6. Press Finish
  7. Wait while Eclipse downloands and installs CFEclipse. You should see a progress indicator in the bottom of the window.
  8. After installing Eclipse will prompt you to restart Eclipse, which you should do.

Eclipse 3.4 and earlier:

  1. Select the Help > Software Updates... menu option.
  2. Select the Available Software tab section the top of the window.
  3. Click the Add Site... Button halfway down the right side of the window.
  4. Enter the CFEclipse update URL: http://www.cfeclipse.org/update and press the OK button.
  5. Click the arrow to the left of the http://www.cfeclipse.org/update URL in your update list.
  6. For Eclipse 3.4+, select the CuttingEdge release for the most stable version.
  7. Click the Install... button in the top right corner of the window.
  8. After Eclipse has calculated the dependencies confirm the items to be installed, read the license agreement, and click accept if you agree and click the finish button.
  9. After Installing Eclipse will prompt you to restart Eclipse.

Additional ColdFusion Related Plugins

Other Plugins

Manual Installation

It is possible to manually download files and install them within Eclipse.

JAR files are available to download directly from the same update sites listed above:

  • stable: http://cfeclipse.org/update
  • preview: http://cfeclipse.org/update-preview

Alternative Installation

Eclipse/CFEclipse can also be installed by using one of the newer all-in-one tools:

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