The following are complete instructions for setting up a standard development environment for Java and Open Source projects. Generally, the instructions assume an MS-Windows based operating system.
Note: These are recommendations for a complete system. Naturally, you need to tailor these instructions if you're using a different source code control system from Subversion (for example).
Are you using a 64-bit JVM for Eclipse?
Not need it by Eclipse Mars (4.5) and above |
Install the plugin:
To test that m2eclipse is working correctly:
Optional (install additional plugins):
In order to get Maven to Run inside Eclipse, you will need to change the JRE to JDK 1.7 or 1.8 as appropriate according to your Aspire target version:
If you are running in Windows, then Cygwin is an extremely valuable tool for managing very large files.