TRex Plug-In Installation via the Update Site

On this page, we describe how you can install a TRex nightly build or an official release via one of the update sites.

Check on the Features and Requirements page that you meet all the requirements you need to run TRex.

NB: If your internet access is provided through a proxy service you will need to configure Eclipse to use this. You may find instructions for doing so here

In the first step, start your Eclipse 3.2 workbench.

Select Help->Software Updates->Find and Install... from the workbench menu.

A dialog opens. Select "Search for new features to install" and click "next".

A dialog containing the update site configuration opens. The TRex update site must be added to this list now. Click "New Remote Site...".

The "New Update Site" dialog opens where the server data should be entered. Do not enter the data as shown in the screenshot! The URL for the nightly build update site is http://www.trex.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/nightly/ . The URL for the update site with the more stable releases is http://www.trex.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/update/ . Click "OK". Make sure, the entry for TRex update site is checked and and click "Finish".

In the search results, select the latest TRex Feature (at time of writing it is TRex 0.5.1.xxx) and click "Next".

In the next dialog, accept the license terms (if you do actually ;-)) and click "Next".

Now, Eclipse shows you the features to install.

(Note: you need write permissions for the install location. If you want to use a different install location where you have write permissions, click on "Change Location ...". For more information on handling and creating install locations for Eclipse plugins, see http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecl-manage/ )

Click "Finish" and "Install All" in the next dialogs.

Afterwards, restart the Eclipse workbench. TRex should be successfully installed now.