BuildForge Help

Installing the Eclipse or Rational Application Developer Plug-ins

Install the plug-ins from your IDE environment by connecting to an update site.

Use the following procedure to install the plug-ins in Eclipse 3.02 or later, or Rational® Application Developer version 6.0 or later. Perform these steps from within your IDE.

Note: The Build Forge system must be running.
Note: The Eclipse plug-ins require Eclipse version 3.02 or later. Eclipse is a free, open-source IDE. You can download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org.
  1. Select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install.
  2. Click the Search for new features to install radio button. The system displays the Update Sites to Visit dialog.
  3. Click the New Remote Site button. The system displays the New Remote Site dialog.
    1. Enter "Build Forge Plug-In Update Site" in the name field.
    2. Enter the following update site URL in the URL field, using the hostname of your Management Console machine: http://<console_host_name>/prism/site.xml
    3. Click OK.
  4. The system displays a list of available plug-ins. Select all the offered plug-ins.
    Note: The Reflector plug-in requires the Frequency plug-in.
  5. In the Update Sites to Visit dialog, select the new Build Forge check box and click its + sign to expand it. Verify that the Build Forge Prism Plug-ins check box is selected.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Respond to the prompts provided by the installation script.