Thanks Igor. Installing m2e through the marketplace works. I tried several times, may be for me personally the other 2 approaches somehow just didn't.
Anyway, glad to know about the marketplace, through there I've also found some other plugins that I may be interested. Thanks again. James > There are three ways to get m2e > > Download Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 3.7.2 or newer from Eclipse > download page [1]. > > Install m2e from Eclipse marketplace [2]. > > Install m2e from one of p2 repositories listed on m2e download page [3]. > You have to use Eclipse Install New Software dialog as explained in [4]. > > Hope this helps. > > [1] http://eclipse.org/downloads/ > [2] http://marketplace.eclipse.org/ > [3] http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/download/ > [4] > http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=//org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-127.htm > > -- > Regards, > Igor > > On 12-04-18 6:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi m2e user group, >> >> I am a new user to Maven, and was trying to use the build tool within >> Eclipse through m2e. >> >> My main question is how to verify that m2e is installed in Eclipse. The >> m2e homepage says there are tutorials, unfortunately I just could not >> find >> them in http://wiki.eclipse.org/Maven_Integration. >> >> the long story: >> >> Because the web say the latest Eclipse (Indigo v3.7) has m2e integrated >> by >> default, I upgraded my Eclipse (originally Galileo v3.5) to Indigo: >> >> http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2011/06/09/maven-and-eclipse-top-eclipse-indigo-feature-10/ >> >> I tried to verify the installation by going to New -> Project -> >> (typing >> maven in the Wizard). Unfortunately nothing shows up. >> >> Then I tried to install m2e manually by adding >> >> http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases/ >> >> to Help -> Install New Software -> Available Software Sites >> >> Then I asked Eclipse to Check for Updates and it says no updates were >> found. >> >> I am a Teaching Assistant at an university. The instructor is trying to >> teach Maven in the next offering of an Advanced Software Engineering >> course. Most students have Eclipse installed already. Thus it would >> great if it is possible to install m2e into an existing Eclipse and to >> verify the installation. >> >> Help appreciated, >> >> James Lo >> UBC Computer Science >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> m2e-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users > _______________________________________________ m2e-users mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users
