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The Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) requires the following prerequisite software . (Note: Update the list once GEP 2.1 is released)(all of which is platform specific):
- Sun JDK 5.0 (J2SE 5.0)
- Eclipse 3.3.1.1 (Eclipse Classic package of Europa distribution), which is platform specific
- Web Tools Platform (WTP) 2.0.1
- Data Tools Platform (DTP) 1.5.1
- Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.3.1
- Eclipse IDE for Java EE DevelopersGraphical Editing Framework (GEF) 3.3.1
Sun JDK 5.0 can be downloaded from Sun's J2SE 5.0 Downloads site. WTP along with all the other prerequisites Eclipse and the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers can be downloaded in one combined bundle from WTP the Eclipse Downloads site. Download Web Tools Platform All-In-One Package specific to your platform from v2.0.1 of WTP. Extract the archive and extract the Eclipse 3.3.1.1 and the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers archives to a directory of your choice (for e.g. C:\wtpeclipse). The archive will be extracted to a directory named eclipse under the directory you specified (for e.g. C:\wtpeclipse\eclipse), referred to as <eclipse_home> from now on. Make sure that the JDK in the PATH is Sun JDK 5.0. Launch Eclipse by running <eclipse_home>/eclipse.
The Geronimo server can be installed from within using the Geronimo Eclipse Plugin. Optionally , or optionally you may install Geronimo server before installing GEP. Download the manually. To install it manually, download the Geronimo 2.1.1 server from http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/ and extract the archive to a directory of your choice (for e.g. C:\g). The archive will be extracted to a directory geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1.1 (for e.g. C:\g\geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1.1) or geronimo-jetty6-javaee5-2.1.1 depending on whether you downloaded Geronimo 2.1.1 distribution with Tomcat or Jetty as the web container. We will refer to this directory as <geronimo_home> from now on.
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