I recently upgraded to Eclipse PDT Indigo. It was exciting and stuff. The download size has also been completely slashed – from approx 120mb to 89.2mb, so that makes me happy. It was remarkably easy to install and import my existing projects and stuff (I started a new workspace, rather than re-using the existing one). My first problem I ran into was trying to install the Mylyn Context Connector (that gives you task-focused Navigator view etc.), it was moaning about org.eclipse.cvs.feature.group being missing. The solution, although not immediately obvious, is to actually add the Indigo Update site… which is not included in the default PDT install (!). I think this is one of the reasons the PDT Indigo download is much smaller though…
- Help > Install New Software…
- Enter “http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo” into the “Work with:” box
- Hit enter… wait while it downloads
- Once it’s downloaded, go back up to the “Work with:” box and choose “Mylyn for Eclipse 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 – http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/releases/latest”
- Select “Mylyn Context Connector: Eclipse IDE” from the package list
- Do a little dance
I really wish Eclipse would make installing packages easier. It’s such hassle having to know the update sites for things left right and centre.
