Manual Install of GWT 2.1.0 in Eclipse Helios 3.6.1

I am behind an intranet that does not have access to the download sites. Assuming I have access to all of the correct zip and jar files. What are the step by step instructions to get Eclipse to the point where I can go to Windows -> Preferences and see the Google entry?

1) I don't have access to the http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/getting_started.html site because I am on a closed network. 2) I tried usi开发者_开发百科ng the dropins folder and when I re-open Eclipse and go to Windows->Preferences "Google" isn't listed.

Any ideas?

The official zip-file installation instructions are at http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/install-from-zip.html

This uses the Eclipse dropins mechanism, which helps Eclipse to pick up the new plugins in a clean way, quote:

... the dropins folder can be used much like the plugins directory was used in the past. A subtle twist on old behavior here is that plug-ins and features added to the dropins folder are properly installed into the system rather than being forced in.

Note:

Make sure, that you extract the zip file into the correct destination. It can easily happen, that it gets extracted e.g. into some subdirectory - so please check twice. You should have the following structure:

eclipse (this is your Eclipse installation folder)
   dropins
      eclipse (this is the directory created by extracting the zip file)
         features
            com.google.*
         plugins
            com.google.*
  features
     (your already installed features)
  plugins
     (your already installed plugins)
  ...

Then (re-)start Eclipse.

Just install the plugin from here and you are set to go. http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/getting_started.html

If you get a correct zip file for plugin, you will see "plugins" and "features" as soon as you open the zip file.

If your eclipse is in a location "c:\eclipse", extract the zip file into "c:\eclipse". The files will go into the corresponding folders.

Drop them in the plugins folder