| How to install Eclipse? [message #760010] |
Wed, 30 November 2011 17:38  |
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I searched both the Eclipse main website and the forum and I cannot find the instructions on how to do the main install.
After opening the zipped Eclipse download, all I see are files.
So how do I install Eclipse?
[Updated on: Wed, 30 November 2011 17:40] by Moderator |
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| Re: How to install Eclipse? [message #760902 is a reply to message #760755] |
Mon, 05 December 2011 09:40  |
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On 04-Dec-11 23:16, markpouncey wrote:
> Howdy-- thanks for the links, etc. && that's all good, thing is-- for
> folks ( like me && the guy above who started this discussion ) who are
> trying to get into the loop with this-- we need clear cut instructions
> that will work-- not just euphamisms to "change you eclipse.ini" etc--
> or precise instructions on where to go to obtain that info-- specific to
> our OS && Dev set-up. Programmers in general are bad about not writing
> understandable documentation, spelling & typos, etc. thinking it is
> "someone else's job" but if new-bies cannot get up to speed on the
> software-- it hurts the community as a whole.
And so you got them in the link I just sent. You could also have perused
Eclipse documentation, the Eclipsepedia, etc. yourself. For example, the
subject of this thread typed into Google got me a wealth of information
on the topic. Therefore, the first thing new-bies really need to get up
to speed on is typing something into Google.
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| Re: How to install Eclipse? [message #761118 is a reply to message #761092] |
Mon, 05 December 2011 18:17 |
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On 05-Dec-11 15:02, Kevin Schmidt wrote:
> Russell, The first thing you really need to do is reread Mark's request,
> which was very reasonable and logical, so I don't understand your remark.
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> If there was an easy to find link on the home page, then we newbies
> would not have to go on a fishing expedition just to find critical
> information.
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> Other open source software websites provides easy to use users manuals.
> Why can't Eclipse do the same?
I went to eclipse.org, I clicked the Eclipse Wiki icon, second one in
from the extreme upper-right corner of the page. Down the right-hand
column labeled FAQs of the resulting page, I clicked "The Official
Eclipse FAQs". On that next page, I see in the table of contents stuff
like Getting Started, Java Development in Eclipse, etc. Clicking Getting
Started, I see "Where do I get and install Eclipse?", "How do I run
Eclipse?", "Where do I get help?", etc.
I'm having a very hard time seeing how this situation is somehow more
needful or less competent than these other open source websites (you
don't name). Maybe the terminology chosen by Eclipse isn't liked?
There is an option to open an issue in Bugzilla (fifth icon in from the
extreme, upper-right). Perhaps you could suggest different terminology
there?
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| Re: How to install Eclipse? [message #761210 is a reply to message #761118] |
Tue, 06 December 2011 00:11 |
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On 12/05/2011 05:17 PM, Russell Bateman wrote:
> On 05-Dec-11 15:02, Kevin Schmidt wrote:
>> Russell, The first thing you really need to do is reread Mark's request,
>> which was very reasonable and logical, so I don't understand your remark.
>>
>> If there was an easy to find link on the home page, then we newbies
>> would not have to go on a fishing expedition just to find critical
>> information.
>>
>> Other open source software websites provides easy to use users manuals.
>> Why can't Eclipse do the same?
>
> I went to eclipse.org, I clicked the Eclipse Wiki icon, second one in
> from the extreme upper-right corner of the page. Down the right-hand
> column labeled FAQs of the resulting page, I clicked "The Official
> Eclipse FAQs". On that next page, I see in the table of contents stuff
> like Getting Started, Java Development in Eclipse, etc. Clicking Getting
> Started, I see "Where do I get and install Eclipse?", "How do I run
> Eclipse?", "Where do I get help?", etc.
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> I'm having a very hard time seeing how this situation is somehow more
> needful or less competent than these other open source websites (you
> don't name). Maybe the terminology chosen by Eclipse isn't liked?
>
> There is an option to open an issue in Bugzilla (fifth icon in from the
> extreme, upper-right). Perhaps you could suggest different terminology
> there?
The Eclipse Download page also has an Installing Eclipse section with
links that explain how to get Eclipse running.
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| Re: How to install Eclipse? [message #761560 is a reply to message #761092] |
Tue, 06 December 2011 11:49 |
 Eclipse Webmaster
Messages: 607353
Registered: July 2009 |
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On 12/05/2011 05:02 PM, Kevin Schmidt wrote:
> If there was an easy to find link on the home page, then we newbies
> would not have to go on a fishing expedition just to find critical
> information.
Our home page used to have a "New To Eclipse?" button that was
center-stage on the Eclipse.org home page. That button seems to have
disappeared, and I will investigate why.
In the meanwhile, the home page does have a "Documentation" link, and
I've added the "New to Eclipse?" link there.
If there is anything else we can do to make it easier for newcomers to
start, please let me know.
Denis
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