Once
the download is complete, begin the installation by running the setup
program. As is typical with install programs, the first dialog in the
setup program is a simple welcome screen reminding you what you are
about to install. It is worth noting that this screen reminds you that
you will need administrator privileges in order to install it. Click on
the Next button to get started.
The
next screen is the license agreement that you must accept. Like
everyone else in the world, just accept the terms and move on. Click on
the Next button after selecting the Accept radio button.
Following
the "License Agreement" dialog is an "Install Location" dialog. I
recommend using the defaults, but there will always be one person in the
crowd who wants to do things differently. That's OK. That's what this
page is for. You will need to come back to this location though, so be
sure to remember it. Click on the Next button when you are done.
Proceed
to the next screen that shows the "Confirmation" dialog. Check it over
and make sure you didn't make a mistake somewhere along the way before
clicking on Next to begin the installation.
At
this point, the setup program will install Eclipse into the directory
you provided. When it is done, a final "Confirmation" dialog is shown.
Click on Finish to dismiss it.
What just happened?
Installing Eclipse with
the JDE plugin is easier than installing Eclipse directly and then
installing the proper component pack and so is the best way to get
started quickly. You will need to install other component packs with
other versions of the SDK at some point in the future, but for now we
will focus on using version 4.5.
Installing other JDE component package versions
Now that you have Eclipse
installed you may want to install other JDE Component packages as well.
Remember, the full-package installer contains the JDE Component Package
version 4.5, but also remember that you need to choose the version of
the SDK based on the devices that you want to support, and version 4.5
might not be the one you need.
With the JDE there is no
choice; you must install another JDE instance for each version of the
SDK. The majority of the JDE is unchanged between versions, but the JDE
itself is tightly coupled with the SDK version.
Eclipse is not this way. You
can have one installation of Eclipse and install several BlackBerry JDE
component packages-one for each version of the BlackBerry SDK. A
workspace can use only one component package at a time, but switching
between them is not very hard. The nice thing is that you can download
them to install later or install them using an on-the-fly download and
install. The following screenshot shows that there are several component
packs available for download on the BlackBerry Developer Zone website.
