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| Re: Just checking: no msi for Eclipse Standard? [message #1195680 is a reply to message #1195410] |
Tue, 19 November 2013 04:00   |
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On 11/18/2013 08:14 PM, David Goldsmith wrote:
> I searched and searched and searched, so I think I'm just confirming:
> y'all don't provide an msi or exe to install Eclipse on Windows?
Just unzip the package into the point in your filesystem you choose.
Create a shortcut if that's how you roll and have fun.
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| Re: Just checking: no msi for Eclipse Standard? [message #1196768 is a reply to message #1195803] |
Tue, 19 November 2013 15:33 |
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On 11/18/2013 10:24 PM, David Goldsmith wrote:
> Easier said then done: depending on where one wants to put it, one must
> open one's unzip utility as administrator; luckily I understood this
> (when jZip started telling me, file-by-file, that I didn't have write
> access to the folder I wanted to put it in) and could figure out how to
> do it, but I empathize with the would-be user for whom this is not
> obvious; that's (partly) why Windows apps are "properly" distributed
> encapsulated by installers. (We can complain all we want about
> MicroSoft's way of doing things, but at the end of the day, it is what
> it is, and they do still have a large majority of the non-handheld
> market share.) But I think I'm good, for now...
If you're "installing" as administrator, you're doing it wrong. Eclipse
is a personal productivity tool. You're only creating future problems
for yourself by insisting on "installing" it in Program Files. You're
free to do this, of course, but I'd put mine at C:\Users\david\...\eclipse.
Also, some experience trouble installing especially on deep paths and
paths with spaces in them using the standard unzip. If you do, try 7zip
or something a little more robust.
Hope this helps.
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