Installation Instructions

Prior to proceeding with the following instructions, please ensure that your system complies with the prerequisites detailed in the installation requirements.

There are two ways of installing the <oXygen/> Eclipse plugin: the Update Site method and the zip archive method.

Procedure 2.1. Plugin installation - the Update Site method

  1. Start Eclipse. Choose the menu option: Help / Software Update / Find and Install. Select the checkbox: "Search for new features to install" and press the "Next" button..

  2. From the dialog "Update sites to visit" press the button "Add update site" or "New Remote Site".

  3. Enter "oXygen XML Editor" in the "Name" field and the value http://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Eclipse/site.xml into the "URL" field of the "New Update Site" dialog. Press the "OK" button.

  4. Select the checkbox "oXygen XML Editor" and press the "Next" button.

  5. Select the new feature to install "oXygen XML Editor and XSLT debugger" and press the "Next" button in the following install pages. You must accept the Eclipse restart.

  6. Paste the <oXygen/> license information received in the registration email when prompted. This will happen when you use one of the <oXygen/> wizards to create an XML project or document, when you open or create a document associated with <oXygen/> or when accessing the <oXygen/> Preferences.

  7. The <oXygen/> plugin is installed correctly if you can create an XML project with an <oXygen/> wizard.

Procedure 2.2. Plugin installation - the zip archive method

  1. Download the zip archive with the plugin.

  2. Unarchive the downloaded zip archive in the plugins subdirectory of the Eclipse install directory.

  3. Restart Eclipse. Eclipse should display an entry com.oxygenxml.editor (8.2.0) in the list available from Window - Preferences - Plug-in Development - Target Platform.