Installation of Eclipse IDE

Before installing Eclipse, you should make sure that you have enough free storage capacity on your PC. Eclipse requires a minimum of 500 MByte of free storage capacity on the hard disk. Your PC should have a main memory capacity of at least 512 MByte. The current version of Eclipse can be downloaded from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/.

Eclipse is available as a zipped file. You can unzip the installation file into any desired directory. The files are then automatically stored in relative path "/eclipse/". If you unzip the file into directory

 C:\programs\

Eclipse will be installed in directory

 C:\programs\eclipse\

You can then launch Eclipse by entering "eclipse.exe".

Using Linux you can install Eclipse directly from a Dispository. On Ubuntu or Debian use apt-get to install Eclipse.

 sudo apt-get install eclipse

After Eclipse is launched, it automatically opens a welcome page containing all-important information as well as tutorials for a quick start with Eclipse.

Installation of the Imixs Workflow Modeler Plug-In

The Imixs Workflow Modeler is easily installed by using the Eclipse Update Manager. To install the Imixs Workflow Modeler, choose the menu option "Help > Install new Software" within your Eclipse IDE

Next you can add the new Imixs Update Site to install the Imixs Modeler Plugins. Click "add site" and enter the URL:

http://www.imixs.org/org.imixs.eclipse.updatesite

Now you can open this new Site to choose the Imixs Modeler Plugins.

Follow the instructions form the eclipse install wizzard. Finally you have to restart your Eclipse IDE.