Full 64 Bit (or 32 Bit) Web Development and PHP/MySQL IDE with Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede and PDT 2

I’m probably a little late with this article, since PDT2 has been out for a few weeks now! PDT 2 is an improvement  on v1, and of course, Ganymede is also an improvement on Europa -thankfully, the installation process has also improved and is much easier than my previous post on the subject. There is no longer any need to download Eclipse Classic, and install a lot of prerequisites, since most of the prerequisites, and more are now included in Eclipse JEE (Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers) – WST, RCP/Platform, XML tools, CVS support, Mylin (links to Bugzilla etc.), and Data Tools for MySQL (and other DB) connectivity, and more. Pretty much the only thing missing, is PDT itself, so here’s how I got it all set up.

Getting JRE set up and Ready (Optional)

If you’d like to set up 64 Bit (or 32 Bit) JRE to run Eclipse, follow these instructions.

Installing the Base: Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) JEE

First, I downloaded the 64 Bit version of Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers to my desktop (32 Bit version here). Once downloaded, I extracted the archive, then moved the files to /opt:

cd ~/Desktop
tar -zxvf eclipse-jee-ganymede-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv eclipse /opt

For 32 Bit:

cd ~/Desktop
tar -zxvf eclipse-jee-ganymede-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
sudo mv eclipse /opt

Installing PDT 2

Simple so far. Once moved (installed), I ran Eclipse for the first time from the command line:

cd /opt/eclipse
./eclipse

and selected a workspace within my home directory once prompted. From here, installing PDT 2 is an easy task – adding two sites to the Update Manager (far easier in Ganymede than Europa), and letting Eclipse to the rest. Once Eclipse had started, I went to Help -> Software Updates. The Software Updates and Add-ons window appeared, and I navigated to the Available Software tab. From there, I clicked the “Manage Sites” button, followed by “Add” once the Site Manager appeared. The only additional prerequisite to install for PDT is the Dynamic Languages Toolkit, or DLTK. So, I added:

http://download.eclipse.org/technology/dltk/updates-dev/1.0/

in the Dialog, and clicked OK. I then needed to add the PDT update site, so clicked add, and pasted:

http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/2.0/interim/

Click OK to close the Available Sites Manager. The rest is just as easy – two new sites should appear in the Available Software sites list. So, I expanded the DLTK site (the small triangle to the left of the site name), then the Dynamic Languages Toolkit option, and checked “Dynamic Languages Toolkit – Core Frameworks (Incubation)”, from the top of the list. Finally, I repeated the process with the PDT Update site – expanded PDT Update Site -> PDT SDK 2.0.0 and checked “PDT Runtime Feature” from the list. That’s it. Click Install and follow the prompts.

Once installed, Eclipse recommends restarting the application. Accept, restart, and enjoy a shiny new PHP IDE, with PDT 2.

Setting Up the Environment

Once Eclipse Ganymede has reloaded, click on the Workspace icon to open the IDE workspace for the first time. The default Perspective is JEE. To change this, go to Window -> Open Perspective -> Other, then scroll down and select PHP. Other Views, relating to other plugins can be inserted into this perspective, and the perspective saved for future use. Personally, I like to add the SQL Development views, and MyLin, for live access to Bugzilla (Window -> Sow View -> Other).

A new PHP Project can be started by right clicking in Project Explorer (left window pane), and selecting New PHP Project (“Other” may need selecting on the first run, followed by navigating to and selecting PHP Project from the list).

That’s it. Far easier than previous versions, and much less effort required in the process! We like that.

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