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5 5  * HIGHLY Recommended: Eclipse 3.3.2 (especially for Leopard)
6 6  * Java 1.5 (not Java 1.4)
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8 -* There is also a nightly build available at [[http://webobjects.mdimension.com/wolips/nightly]] for those who want the latest, greatest features, even if it sometimes makes things unstable.
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10 10  === Long Story ===
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12 -The first requirement for installing WOLips is that you have Eclipse. It is recommended that you install Eclipse 3.3.2 to use WOLips. To install Eclipse, go to the [[Eclipse 3.3.2 Download Site>>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/]] and download (Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers recommended) the build that matches your operating system and uncompress it.
10 +The first requirement for installing WOLips is that you have Eclipse. It is recommended that you install Eclipse 3.3.2 to use WOLips. To install Eclipse, go to the [[Eclipse 3.3.2 Download Site>>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/]] and download the build that matches your operating system and uncompress it.
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14 -Note: Eclipse 3.4 is not recommended for WOLips stable, if you plan to use the Latest Eclipse you need to use the Nightly build.
12 +~1. First, let's verify that you're running Eclipse with Java 5. Go to the "Eclipse" menu, and select "About Eclipse SDK"
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16 -~1. Launch the Eclipse application.
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18 18  ----
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20 -2. The first window that will appear on a new installation of Eclipse is the workspace folder selection dialog. Your workspace is the folder that will contain all of your active projects along with the metadata Eclipse requires to maintain the projects.
18 +2. On the About dialog, choose "Configuration Details"
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22 -[[image:Picture 2.png]]
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24 24  ----
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26 -3. The first time you launch Eclipse, you will be taken to the Welcome screen. You can review the Welcome content if you would like. When you are finished, select the "Workbench" icon on the right side, as pictured below. After this there is a small pane in the lower right status bar, where you can look up the Welcome screen again.
24 +3. Scroll down until you find "java.version" and verify that it is listed as some variant of 1.5.x (the exact version is not important)
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28 -[[image:Picture 3.png]]
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30 30  ----
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32 -4. First, let's verify that you're running Eclipse with Java 5. Go to the "Eclipse" menu, and select "About Eclipse SDK"
30 +4. If it is not, you will need to change your default Java VM to be Java 5 (see Apple's instructions for this), or you will need to modify the Info.plist inside the Eclipse.app to tell it to open with only Java 5. If Eclipse is running in 1.5, then close the dialogs back out to the main Eclipse window and proceed.
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34 -[[image:Picture 14.png]]
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36 36  ----
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38 -5. On the About dialog, choose "Configuration Details"
34 +5. Launch the Eclipse application.
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40 -[[image:Picture 15.png]]
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42 42  ----
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44 -6. Scroll down until you find "java.vm.version" and verify that it is listed as some variant of 1.5.x (the exact version is not important)
38 +6. The first window that will appear on a new installation of Eclipse is the workspace folder selection dialog. Your workspace is the folder that will contain all of your active projects along with the metadata Eclipse requires to maintain the projects.
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46 -[[image:Picture 16.png]]
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48 48  ----
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50 -7. If it is not, you will need to change your default Java VM to be Java 5 (see Apple's instructions for this), or you will need to modify the Info.plist inside the Eclipse.app to tell it to open with only Java 5. If Eclipse is running in 1.5, then close the dialogs back out to the main Eclipse window and proceed.
44 +7. The first time you launch Eclipse, you will be taken to the Welcome screen. You can review the Welcome content if you would like. When you are finished, select the "Workbench" icon on the right side, as pictured below. After this there is a small pane in the lower right status bar, where you can look up the Welcome screen again.
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52 52  ----
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54 54  8. Currently you have a stock Eclipse installation which will allow you to do normal Java development, but it does not contain any of the WOLips plugins, so you will not have any of the WebObjects development tools. To begin your WOLips installation, go to the Help=>Software Updates=>Find and Install ... menu item.
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82 82  ----
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84 -13. Expand the WOLips folder and select only **Standard Install**. Leave the other options until you are more familiar with Eclipse and WOLips and decide that you need them. [[Other WOLips Install Options]]
80 +13. Expand the WOLips folder and select only **Standard Install**. Leave the other options until you are more familiar with Eclipse and WOLips and decide that you need them.
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86 -[[image:WOLipsInstallOptions.png]]
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124 -That's it You now have all of the WOLips features installed in your Eclipse. Continue to the [[Create a new WO Application]] tutorial to learn more about using WOLips' capabilities. You can also [[Access the WOLips User Guide]] or explore additional [[Useful Eclipse Plugins]].
120 +That's it You now have all of the WOLips features installed in your Eclipse. Continue to the [[Create a new WO Application]] tutorial to learn more about using WOLips' capabilities. You can also [[Access the WOLips User Guide]].