Eclipse Scout is officially tested with the Oracle JDK 7 on The reasonįor this recommendation is simple. On the Windows platform, we recommend to install the Oracle JDK 7 together with Scout. This guess is based on the Java SE Roadmap press Running Scout on Java 8 is realistic for the 2014 However, be aware that the communicated end of life for Oracle’s Java 6 is

To go for the most recent download of Java 7. The first step to install Scout is to have an existing and working installation of a JDK. Scout applications have been built primarily on the Windows platform in the past, Scout also has the In the text below, installation routines are described separately for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Consequently, you will have to skip some of the sections depending on your existing Why the Scout installation chapter starts with the installation of the Java Development Kit We assume that you have not installed any software relevant for the content of this book. Information regarding the scheduling of the Kepler release train is provided in the Eclipse Will be delivered as part of the Eclipse Kepler release train on June 26, 2013. Well as the rest of this book) is written and tested for Eclipse Scout 3.9. This chapter walks you through the installation of Eclipse Scout. Now all you have to do is configure Eclipse to point to the local update site and install from there.Appendix B Make sure the names of the jar files haven't been changed, they both have to be named: _11.2.0.v2010080212.jar Create a folder named OxygenUpdateSite and arrange the files in this directory structure: To do this download from your browser these three files:īe careful not to mix the last two as they have the same name(the jar from features is a lot smaller, 34kb).Īfter downloading you need to arrange these files locally in the same way.

If this still fails you can attempt to create your own local update site. Run the shortcut and the plugins will be reinitialized. In the shortcut properties, in the target field add the argument ' -clean' after eclipse.exe. To do this create a shortcut to eclipse.exe. When you start Eclipse, use the command line parameter '-clean'. When you unpack the archive make sure it is unpacked directly in the dropins folder without creating an additional folder level.Į.g. Make sure you have downloaded the zip distribution for Eclipse 3.4 or later:

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