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Post subject: [Installation] Can I have multiple versions installed?
 Posted: Nov 22, 2005 - 08:19 PM
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Definately, this is how a lot of the developers and support team actually help to answer your questions; we have many versions installed on our computers. Eclipse and MyEclipse are very good at running in their own 'area' or 'sandbox'. You don't need to worry about overlapping registry entries or anything of that nature. With this in mind, you just need to figure out where you want to put the two installations. I will be using Windows-style directory notations, but please feel free to translate the instructions to your own platform when following them. First lets figure out where to put Eclipse. A popular way to install Eclipse, which lends itself well to having multiple installs, is to use the following directory structure:
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+ C:\
+ \Eclipse
+ .0GA
+ .1GA
+ .2M3
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The idea is to create a directory "C:\Eclipse" that has subdirectories representing installs of each version of Eclipse that you want. If a new release comes out, say 3.0 M8, just create a new directory in the C:\Eclipse directory, and unzip the Eclipse 3.0 M8 download into it, and you are done. Now using this same rule of thumb for MyEclipse, lets create a new directory:
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+ C:\
+ \MyEclipse
+ .8GA
+ .0GA
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At this point you might be wondering, "Should I be using the InstallShield installer, or the manual install?", well the answer is that it doesn't really matter. Both will end up doing the same thing for you.
As long as you do a good job of keeping your multiple installs of Eclipse and/or MyEclipse separate, they should behave fine. |
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