Eclipse is an integrated development environment which was first released in November 2001 is used for developing applications. Eclipse is written in Java & default programming language supported by Eclipse is Java but, applications can be developed using other programming languages as well with the help of plugins.
Eclipse Scout is a framework to develop Java/Eclipse based business applications that run on the desktop, in browsers, and on mobile devices. This package includes a complete SDK, useful developer tools and source code. Installing Eclipse is relatively easy, but does involve a few steps and software from at least two different sources. Eclipse is a Java-based application and, as such, requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) in order to run.
Eclipse SDK (Software Development Kit) is an open-source software and is available for all operating systems including Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris. The current version of Eclipse is 4.5.2 with code name Mars.2, and next version will be Eclipse 4.6 Neon M6.
One of the best features is its plug-in based architecture, it allows developers to extend the Eclipse platform for various other programming languages like C, C++, Python,PHP, Ruby, R, Erlang (Whatsapp is written in Erlang), Perl etc. Network developers can also use Eclipse platform for developing network-based applications with the use of plug-ins.
Installation of Eclipse on Mac OS X is very simple, the procedure is similar for installing it on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11, or Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10. See the steps given below to download & install Eclipse on Mac.
Download & Install Eclipse on Mac OS X
Step 1: Go to the official website of Eclipse and download the latest stable version i.e. Eclipse 4.5 Mars. You can also install preview version Eclipse 4.6 Neon, but it may contain bugs, so it’s better to go with the stable version.
Step 2: Double click on the downloaded tar.gz file (eg. eclipse-jee-mars-2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz) to extract “Eclipse.app”.
Step 3: Drag this “Eclipse.app” to the “Applications” folder.
Step 4: Now, to launch eclipse go to your “Applications” folder and open “Eclipse.app”, you’ll get some warning just ignore.
Let us know if you have any issues installing eclipse on your Mac OS X by your comments below.
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to install eclipse IDE on Mac OS X. Eclipse IDE (Integrated development environment) is written in Java and mostly used for developing Java applications. In Eclipse IDE, you can write, compile and run your Java code.
Download and install Eclipse
1) To download Eclipse IDE, copy the link http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ into you browser and hit enter.
2) Out of all the listed options, we need to install “Eclipse IDE for java developers”. Click the 64 bit download link as shown in the image below.
3) Upon clicking the 64 bit option, you would be redirected to a download page where you can choose the server nearest to you so that you can download faster. Simply click download button at the left panel as shown below. Your download will start automatically.
4) Once the download is done. Go to the download folder, you would find a file named “eclipse-java-mars-2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar” (the file name may be different based on the version you download but it should be a tar file starting with word eclipse).
5) Drag the zipped file to the desktop and double click to open it. The file would be unzipped with default archive utility and you would find a eclipse icon on desktop. Open finder, select applications and then drag the eclipse icon from desktop the the application folder in finder.
6) Installation is done, you can now launch the eclipse by clicking the icon in applications. Alternatively, you can drag the icon from applications to the dock so that you can launch it directly from the desktop.
7) The first time you launch the application, you would get the following warning, just click “open”.
8) The next pop up would have a message “To open eclipse you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime”. The pop up would look like this. Click ok.
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9) Go to the link http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html the page would look like the below screenshot. Accept License Agreement and download the file mapped to Mac OS X x64. In my case it is “jdk-7u79-macosx-x64.dmg”, you may find it different based on the java version you are trying to install.
10) Once the download is complete, run the file and follow the installation instruction.
Eclipse For Mac Os X
11) Once installation is done, open the Eclipse, it should run fine now. The welcome window would look similar to the one shown below. Click Workbench at the top right corner.