Path to the GWT Installation Directory

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brohjoe picture brohjoe · Apr 26, 2011 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

I have installed WindowBuilder and I'm trying to create a GWT Java Project in Eclipse Helios. In the "GWT Settings" window, I am instructed to click the "Configure GWT Location" link and point to the path of the GWT installation directory, but I can't seem to find it even though I know WindowBuilder was installed. According to what I've seen online, it should be in the 'plugins' directory in the 'eclipse' folder where I pointed the WindowBuilder download using Eclipse's "Available Software Sites" function. It's looking for a gwt-user.jar file, but I can't locate such a file even while using Windows Explorer's search function.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer

Boris Daich picture Boris Daich · Jul 21, 2011

This 2 different things GWT SDK and WindowBuilder both can be installed through Eclipse Update but WindowBuilder will not work without the GWT SDK.

the simplest way is to use Google Plugin for Eclipse - http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.7 (Eclipse Indigo) select all (or leave out the AppEngine in case you do not need it) after it installed and eclipse Restarted you are done. the "Configure GWT Location" refer to older versions. Now it is not needed.

What you did "works by a miracle" do not go with it I do not know when it will backfire on you with unpredictable behavior.

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