Installing and updating into an existing Eclipse workbench
You can install IBM WebSphere® Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse into an existing Eclipse workbench from Eclipse Marketplace. Select or install from downloaded installation files. You can also update IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse installed into an existing Eclipse workbench.
Before you begin
- Ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements. For more information, see System requirements for WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse.
- If you have an earlier version of IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse installed, you cannot update an earlier release to version 8.5.5 or later. Uninstall all features of the earlier version and then install version 8.5.5 or later into your Eclipse workbench.
- The developer tools for WebSphere Application Server
version 8.5 and later are supported on Windows and Linux® operating systems only. If you attempt to install these
tools on another type of operating system, then you get an error similar to the following example
during the
installation:
Cannot complete the install because some dependencies are not satisfiable com.ibm.websphere.wdt.st.v7.feature.group feature version cannot be installed in this environment because its filter is not applicable.
If you install the developer tools for WebSphere Application Server version 8.5 or later on a form of Linux operating system that is not supported, you receive an error message during the installation and the tools do not work. For example, Ubuntu is not supported.
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Installing from a remote repository
Before you begin
Ensure that your computer is connected to the internet.
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You can install the product from installation files in a remote repository by either using your Eclipse workbench find the installation files or by finding a link to the installation files on a web page.
- IBM® WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Developer Tools
- IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional V9 Developer Tools
- IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5 Developer Tools
Procedure
What to do next
Installing from downloaded installation files
You can download installation files and, if needed, install the downloaded installation files while not connected to the internet.
Before you begin
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Procedure
What to do next
- Configure the installation.
- Optionally install tools by using the Install WebSphere Software wizard.
These tools come from IBM WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse update sites or the Eclipse Marketplace.
Configuring the installation
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- The configuration steps are as follows:
- Stop the workbench.
- Locate the eclipse.ini file in the <Eclipse installation directory>\eclipse directory, where <Eclipse installation directory> is the directory where you installed Eclipse.
- Make a copy of the eclipse.ini file, or back it up.
- Open the eclipse.ini file in a text editor.
- Locate the line
-vmargs
and add the following text immediately after it according to the following cases:- If you are using an IBM 32-bit JRE, then add the following
text after the
-vmargs
line:-Xms100m -Xmx1024m -Xscmx48m -Xshareclasses:name=IBMSDP_%u -Xquickstart -Xgcpolicy:gencon -Xmnx64m -Dcom.ibm.ws.management.event.max_polling_interval=1000
- If you are using an IBM 64-bit JRE, then add the following
text after the
-vmargs
line:-Xms100m -Xmx1024m -Xscmx48m -Xshareclasses:name=IBMSDP_%u -Xcompressedrefs -Xquickstart -Xgcpolicy:gencon -Xmnx64m -Dcom.ibm.ws.management.event.max_polling_interval=1000
- If you are using an Oracle 32-bit JRE, then add the following text after the
-vmargs
line:-Xms100m -Xmx960m -XX:MaxPermSize=320m -Dcom.ibm.ws.management.event.max_polling_interval=1000
- If you are using an Oracle 64-bit JRE, then add the following text after the
-vmargs
line:-Xms100m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+UseCompressedOops -Dcom.ibm.ws.management.event.max_polling_interval=1000
- If you are using an IBM 32-bit JRE, then add the following
text after the
- Locate the line
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
and in the eclipse.ini file and modify the value:- If you are using an Oracle 32-bit JRE, then change the value to
320M
as shown in the following text:--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 320M
- If you are using an Oracle 64-bit JRE, then change the value to
512M
as shown in the following text:--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 512M
- If you are using an Oracle 32-bit JRE, then change the value to
- If you installed any of the WebSphere Application
Server Tools features, insert the following text immediately before the line with the text -vmargs:
- :
-vm <WebSphere Application Server V8.5 and later installation directory>\java\jre\bin\javaw.exe
- :
-vm <WebSphere Application Server V8.5 and later installation directory>/java/jre/bin/java
- :
- Save and close the eclipse.ini file.
- Restart the workbench.