How to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse?

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What is the proper way to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse as a plugin? The Hibernate site doesn't really give any instructions.

Looking at the Hibernate Tools binary HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R200810311334.zip, it appears that I can just unzip this in my eclipse directory. Do I just unzip it in my eclipse directory? This seems like a hacky was to install it.

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Well, most convenient and safest way is to use JBoss update site within Eclipse software updates (Help -> Software Updates... -> Add Site...):

The latest stable release update site for JBoss Tools

There you can find Hibernate tools together with other handy JBoss plugins.

Admin1

Since it is for Ganymede (eclipse 3.4), I would advise to uncompress the zip in the dropins in the HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133 directory created after the name of the archive.

Once it is done, create in the [eclipse\dropins\HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133] an 'eclipse' directory, in which you will move the plugins and features directories creating at the extraction of the files of the archive.

Add a .exclipseextension in [eclipse\dropins\HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133\eclipse]:

name=QuickRex
id=org.hibernate.eclipse
version=3.2.4b1

So:

eclipse
    dropins
         HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133
             eclipse
                 .eclipseextension
                 features
                 plugins

Relaunch eclipse and the plugin Hibernate should be detected.

If you install another eclipse, just copy the content of your dropins directory to the new eclipse\dropins and your set of plugins will be detected again.

VonC_63090

uncompress the zip HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133 later in eclipse --> menu Help -> Update Sofwate -> add site -> local add, and select de folder uncompress an install automatic

Admin1

I can't for the life of me get the Next or Finish button to not go grey

This is the eclipse pain in the ass UI. If you unckecked previously some components because they have broken dependencies, it blocks in the license. You have to unselect them in the first step.

Note that avoid to use the update feature of Eclipse it broke all my plugin, I had to delete my ./eclipse folder and reinstall all.

user_2955670

Once you have copied the plugins and features folder to eclipse (eg. c:\program files\eclipse (or whereever you installed it). You will see a features and plugins folder there already) you can check if hibernate has installed by going to Help > Software updates > installed software. If hibernate is not listed close eclipse and launch it again via a command window with this command "eclipse -clean".

Admin1

For Eclipse plugins, you just unzip them and drop the folder in the Eclipse\Plugins directory. Simple as that.

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