Downloading Photran

The Short Version

Install into Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) from the remote update site
http://download.eclipse.org/technology/photran/updates/eclipse3.4cdt5.0

The Long Version

System Requirements

To install Photran 4.0 beta 4,

you must have Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) installed,
it must be running on a Java 1.5 JVM, and
if you want to compile and build Fortran applications, you must have a make utility and a Fortran compiler in your system path.

If you do not already have the C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) 5.0 installed in Eclipse, they will be installed automatically along with Photran. To get reasonable performance from Eclipse, we recommend Sun or IBM's JVM.

Installation Procedure

To install Photran, start Eclipse 3.4, then...

Click on Help > Software Updates...
Click on the "Available Software" tab
Click on "Add Site..."
Enter the URL http://download.eclipse.org/technology/photran/updates/eclipse3.4cdt5.0 and click OK
The URL should appear in the list. Expand it.
Expand "Photran (Eclipse Fortran Development Tools)" and check the box next to "Photran (Eclipse Fortran Development Tools) (Eclipse Technology Incubation)"
If you have Intel Fortran installed on Linux or IBM XLF installed on Mac, then expand "Photran Compiler Support" and select the appropriate compiler as well.
Click on the "Install..." button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.

If You Have Problems

If you have problems installing from the update site (e.g., in some cases, the "Photran (Eclipse Fortran Development Tools)" item cannot be expanded), you can also download an update site archive and install from it instead. To do this,

Download photran40b4-master.zip
Click on Help > Software Updates...
Click on the "Available Software" tab
Click on "Add Site..."
Click on "Archive..."
Select the photran40b4-master.zip file you downloaded
This file should appear in the list (prefixed with "jar:file:"). Expand it.
Expand "Photran (Eclipse Fortran Development Tools)" and check the box next to "Photran (Eclipse Fortran Development Tools) (Eclipse Technology Incubation)"
If you have Intel Fortran installed on Linux or IBM XLF installed on Mac, then expand "Photran Compiler Support" and select the appropriate compiler as well.
Click on the "Install..." button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.