RVDS 3.1
Starting with RVDS 3.1, Eclipse and CDT are included in the suite - so you no longer need to download and install these separately.
However, some users are already using a version of Eclipse bundled with some other development suite. In this case, you can still use the Eclipse Plug-ins for RVDS as long as compatible versions of Eclipse and CDT are used. For the Plug-ins for RVDS 3.1, the requirements are Eclipse 3.2.x and CDT 3.1.x.
The procedure for manually installing the Eclipse Plug-ins for RVDS is then the same as described below for the RVDS 3.0 plug-in.
RVDS 3.0
For RVDS 3.0, you will first have to download and install Eclipse (version 3.1.*) and CDT (version 3.0.*). Some problems have been reported when using later (3.1.*) versions of CDT with the Plug-in for RVDS 3.0.
You must use the Software Updates feature in Eclipse to install the Eclipse Plug-in for RVDS. The first time you use the Software Updates feature to install the Eclipse Plug-in for RVDS, you must create an update site to download the plug-in from:
- Launch the Eclipse IDE.
- Select Help → Software Updates → Find and Install...
- From the Install/Update dialog, select Search for new features to install. Click Next.
- You must create a new site to locate the plug-in. In the Install dialog box, click New Remote Site...
- In the New Update Site dialog box, enter any name, for example Plug-in for RVDS. In the URL field enter "http://www.arm.com/eclipse" and click OK.
- Eclipse automatically selects your newly created update site from the list of Sites to include in search. Click Finish.
- In the Updates dialog box, select your plug-in for RVDS update site, and click Next. Make sure that you do not have the "Show the latest version of a feature only" checkbox selected, so that you can select the plug-ins for RVDS 3.0.
- Read the ARM license agreement and accept it. If you do not accept the license agreement, you cannot install the plug-in. Click Next, and then click Finish.
- In the Verification dialog box, click Install All. Eclipse installs the Eclipse Plug-in for RVDS.
- Eclipse requests your permission to restart. Click Yes to restart Eclipse. The Eclipse Plug-in for RVDS has been installed.
Support
For information about the level of support provided for installations like this, please see the FAQ entry: "Does ARM provide support for Eclipse? ".