Installing CFEclipse

Now that Eclipse is installed, it's time to install some plug-ins. For this tutorial, we'll install CFEclipse for ColdFusion development, as well as “Subclipse” which is a Subversion (SVN) client, used for source version control.

Launch Eclipse, then navigate to the HELP menu, Software Updates, Find and Install...

Choose the “Search for new features to install” radio button, and click next.

Within the Install dialog, choose the “New Remote Site...” button.

In the New Update Site dialog, enter a name and download URL for CFEclipse. The name may be anything you like-- we'll simply use CFEclipse. The download URL will be the primary CFEclipse plug-in site, located at http://www.cfeclipse.org/update. Finally, click OK within the New Update Site dialog.

Once the new site has been added to the update sites list, ensure that it's selected, and hit the Finish button.

When finished searching, the Search Results page should provide you with the option to install CFEclipse:

With CFEclipse selected, hit Next to begin the installation.

Accept any license agreements, and hit Finish.

Ignore any “Unsigned Feature” verification warnings by hit the “Install All” button.

Restart Eclipse when asked to do so.