Eclipse PDT on Ubuntu

Another victim of my Ubuntu re-install... a working version of PDT in Eclipse.  The repo Eclipse, not the stand-alone downloaded version.  Now, I'm not going to get into the repo vs. stand-alone debate.  For what it's worth, one of the biggest reasons I use and love Linux, specifically Ubuntu, is apt/Synaptic package management.  So nyah.

So, to install PDT for Eclipse, you first need Eclipse.

sudo apt-get install eclipse

Once installed, open it up and head on into the menu "Help >> Install New Software" and click on "Available Software Sites" (I think you can also get to this screen through the Preferences menu).  Add the following:

• DLTK 2.0 @ http://download.eclipse.org/technology/dltk/updates-dev/2.0/ 
• PDT 2.2 @ http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/2.2/interim/ 
• Zend @ http://downloads.zend.com/pdt/ 
• Galileo Update Site @ http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo/

Now from "Help >> Install New Software", "Work with" the PDT link and select the Runtime plugin.  Click Next, accept the license, and pop open a cold one while the install works its magic.  I did have it error out once claiming a missing md5 hash or some such, but I tried it again and it went fine -- chalk it up to a flaky net connection.


See http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/Installation for more info.