RCP : Install Eclipse Plugins Fedora

Installing Eclipse onto Fedora 14 - X86_64

1. Start with a clean install of Fedora 14, preferably from a live CD. For my examples I used the 64 bit edition.
2. When the install is complete, open a terminal window and run yum update to bring your system up to date. You may have to reboot once this is done.
3. Install Eclipse (Helios 3.6.1) with the command yum groupinstall "Fedora Eclipse".
4. That's it! You can now use Eclipse to build C, C++ or Java programs.

Checking What's Already Installed

SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) should now be installed. If you look in the directory /usr/lib64/eclipse you should see links to several SWT libraries. Here's what I get when I do a directory listing:

[selmys@f14 eclipse]$ ls
about_files    libswt-atk-gtk-3655.so        notice.html
about.html     libswt-awt-gtk-3655.so        p2
artifacts.xml  libswt-cairo-gtk-3655.so      plugins
buildscripts   libswt-glx-gtk-3655.so        readme
configuration  libswt-gnome-gtk-3655.so      startup.jar
dropins        libswt-gtk-3655.so            swt-gtk-3.6.1.jar
eclipse        libswt-pi-gtk-3655.so         swt-gtk-3.6.jar
eclipse.ini    libswt-xpcominit-gtk-3655.so  swt.jar
epl-v10.html   libswt-xulrunner-gtk-3655.so
features       links
[selmys@f14 eclipse]$

Installing SWT Examples

1. Open the main update manager by clicking Help > Install New Software.... This opens the Install Wizard.
2. Select The Eclipse Project Updates site.
3. Ensure Group items by category is unchecked.
4. Type "Eclipse SDK Examples" in the search field.
5. Select "Eclipse SDK Examples" and click Next.
6. Review the items being installed, and click Next.
7. Review and accept the license terms, and click Finish.