How to upgrade Eclipse for Java EE Developers?

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Mariano Sánchez picture Mariano Sánchez · Jun 27, 2013 · Viewed 67.7k times · Source

Is there any non-painful way to upgrade an Eclipse installation? I have tried browsing the eclipse site but I cannot find an useful description.

Answer

Duncan Jones picture Duncan Jones · Jun 27, 2013

Add the update URL to your available sites:

Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites > Add...

    Name:  Oxygen  
Location:  http://download.eclipse.org/releases/oxygen/

Then tell Eclipse to look for updates: Help > Check for updates.

After the installation, Eclipse will restart and show the old splash screen. Next time you manually stop/start Eclipse it will correctly show the correct splash screen.

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