Install the plug-ins for your IDE environment from the
Build Forge server.
Before you begin
Prerequisites:
- Eclipse version 3.0.2 or later or Rational Application Developer
version 7.0 or later
- Java 2 SE version 5.0
- The Build Forge system must be running
About this task
To install the plug-ins, complete this procedure
from within your IDE.
Procedure
- Select .
- Click the Search for new features to install radio
button, and then click Next. The
system displays the Update Sites to Visit dialog.
- Click the New Remote Site button. The system displays the New Remote Site dialog.
- Enter "Build Forge Update Site" in the name field.
- Enter the following update site URL in the URL field,
using the hostname of your Management Console computer: http://<console_host_name>/prism/eclipse/updateSite/site.xml.
- If you are running Eclipse on the same system that Build Forge
is running on, you can use localhost as the host
name.
- Include the port number if the console is running on a port other
than 80. For example: http://myhostname:11812/prism/eclipse/updateSite/site.xml
- Click OK.
- In the Update sites to visit dialog,
select the Build Forge Update Site check box,
and then click Finish.
- The system displays a list of available plug-ins in the Search
Results dialog. Select all the offered plug-ins, and then
click Next.
Note: The
Reflector plug-in requires the Frequency plug-in. It will not run
if installed alone.
- Read the license agreements, select I accept
the terms in the license agreements, and then click Next.
- Select the location where you want to install the features. To add a new location, click New Location,
then browse to the location you want.
- Click Finish.
- If a Feature Verification dialog
is shown, click Install. The dialog
appears because the plug-ins are unsigned features. The dialog is
shown once for each feature installed unless you selected Install
All.
- You are asked to restart Eclipse to make the changes take
effect. Click Yes.