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The version of Eclipse to install is at Tested/Verified Tool Versions.

The easiest way to install eclipse is to get the Scala version of eclipse from the Scala IDE site.

If you want to configure Eclipse from a more basic installation with fewer built-in features, then the instructions below may be helpful.

Windows:

1. Go to: http://www.eclipse.org/
2. You will be installing Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers or Eclipse for Java Developers.  Select the download link appropriate for your version of Windows (32-bit vs. 64-bit).
3. Select the appropriate mirror and Save the file to your local machine making note of the location (default location is Downloads for Windows 7).
4. At this point you should have a Zip archive containing the Eclipse files.  Take note of where this file was saved as we will need it after we've installed 7-Zip.
   1. Please note that the Eclipse installation instructions recommend using 7-Zip to extract Eclipse.
   2. "Note that there is a known problem with the built-in decompression utility on all current versions of Windows. We recommend that you use a more robust decompression utility such as the open source 7zip when decompressing an Eclipse download. Some people report success when initially decompressing Eclipse into a root directory (e.g. c:\) and then moving it to a more appropriate home (e.g. c:\Program Files\Eclipse)"
5. Download 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ for your appropriate version of Windows (x86 32-bit vs x64 64-bit).
6. When the download has completed, run the executable.
7. A dialog should pop-up.  Follow the prompts to complete installation.
8. Now that we have 7-Zip, we need to navigate to the location where the Eclipse zip file was saved.
9. Right-click the Eclipse zip file Select 7-Zip -> Extract Here
10. Your current directory should now contain a folder titled "eclipse".  You may copy this folder to a more convenient location such as "C:\Program Files\Eclipse" or another location of your choosing.
11. Once you're satisfied with the location of your "eclipse" folder, open it.
12. Right-click the eclipse application and select Pin to Start Menu.  OR select Create Shortcut and place the shortcut on your Desktop.
13. You should now be able to run Eclipse from your Start Menu or Desktop.

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