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=Eclipse 3.3=
A lot changed in version 3.3 (europa).
Mainly the eclipse standard installation - called ''classic'' - covers a lot of what has to be additionally installed in 3.2. A feature list of the ''classic'' install can be found [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/classic.php here].

If you choose ''Eclipse Classic'' the installer automatically finds out, what system you are running at. Otherwise choose ''Other downloads for 3.3''.

There is no need to explain anything here anymore, because the eclipse site is so beautifully designed, that you'll find any answer right the way.

=Eclipse 3.2=
With eclipse 3.2 a lot of new possibilities entered the way gaining a running standard eclipse installation within half an hour. In this article I focus on these major components:
* Eclipse Base SDK
* Callisto
* Subclipse
* SQL Editor
TODO (* Hibernate ) 

Therefore I '''don't''' fokus on the installation via your favorite '''distribution''' but through the native installation procedure into a local directory called simply ''eclipse'' or ''eclipse_VersionNumber''within your home directory.

Why? If you like use your development environment on different plattforms (e.g. 64bit, 32bit, PPC), it is not possible to simply move your environment to an other computer. You have to install your eclipse installation from scratch on this particular machine - with all the plugins exactly the same concerning dependencies and versions.

If you don't do this, it is likely, that your developers - or yourself - will run into trouble when working with special sourcecode.

==Prerequisites - Eclipse 3.2 SDK==

Assuming that you installed java before, download the eclipse service development kit (SDK) for your '''platform''' from [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Eclipse Downloads]. Put it into your home directory (or elsewhere) and unzip or untar it.

Now you should be able to start your base eclipse installation.

==Use Callisto or Yoxos for most common Plugins==
Until here everything is, like before. But there is a good solution for getting all the various plugins installed without any trouble, working together from the scratch by using a new tool
*[http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/ Callisto] - the eclipse foundations version or
*[http://www.yoxos.com/ Yoxos] - the commercial one

The latter can be used for allmost every commercial and non-commercial plugin for eclipse. For this service you'll have to pay an annual fee to ''Innoopract'' - the firm behind yoxos. This is a very useful and timesaving tool for getting done with the various dependencies between the different eclipse plugins.

There is a free version of yoxos, that contains a lot of free eclipse projects. Check it out.

Callisto however only summarizes - until now - 10 eclipse projects - enough for most of the projects around.

==Sublipse Plugin==
Maintaining your projects via ''subversion''? Then you can use 
*[http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html Subclipse]
for connecting eclipse to a subversion server.

It is always wise to store every project on the subversion server instead of managing different lokal installations of your projects!

My personally favorite method of gaining access to the svnserver is via ssh. The ssh connection only works with '''newer versions of subersion (greater 1.0.2)'''. 
It uses the base authentification procedure of your system and needs no further configuration.

Open the svn perspective in eclipse and add a new location like this:
 svn+ssh://username@servername_or_ip/directory/path/to/svn

Thereby you are addressing the svn directory on that server.

==EPIC Perl Editor==
For editing perl file with  you can add the update site
 http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/updates/testing

to you update manager an call it '''EPIC - Perl Editor'''

==XSLT Editor==
A good choice for an XSLT editor is the [http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html CPL] licened one from [http://www.orangevolt.com/wordpress Orangevolt].

The Update site:
 http://eclipsexslt.sourceforge.net/update-site 

Call it e.g. '''Xslt Editor - Orangevolt'''.

Detailed informations and documentation you'll find on '''http://eclipsexslt.sourceforge.net/'''.

==JFace==
JFace is now a well integrated part in eclipse 3.2. You can easyly add a preconfigured ''SWT'' library to your project. Don't forget to switch the ''JFace'' support on.

The only thing you have to do now is to add a ''new'' library called ''OSGI'' to your project. Search the 
 eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.2.0.vJJJMMDD.jar

file and assign it to this variable. That's it.

All other manual activities necessary with eclipse <= 3.1 are not needed any more.

==Velocity==
The [http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/ apache velocity project] is a Java-based template engine:

''"It permits anyone to use a simple yet powerful template language to reference objects defined in Java code. Velocity separates Java code from the web pages, making the web site more maintainable over its lifespan and providing a viable alternative to Java Server Pages (JSPs) or PHP."''

The [http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/updates/ Veloedit] is accessible as plugin for eclipse:
*[http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/updates/ http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/updates/]

==Poseidon==
Make a directory called ''links'' to your eclipse directory
 mkdir eclipse/links

Edit a file called 
 eclipse/links/com.gentleware.poseidon.ide_integration.eclipse.link.txt 

with the following content
path=/home/username/YourPoseidonInstallation/lib/poseidon 

Restart eclipse. That's it.


==ShellEd==
An editor for unix shell scripts with sysntax highlighting.
But the best is, that your shellscripts are fully integrated in your versioning system (cvs or svn).