2.3. Installing JasperAssistant

To install JasperAssistant you must perform the following steps:

  1. Stop the Eclipse IDE

  2. Unzip the GEF distribution archive into your Eclipse installation folder.

  3. Unzip the JasperAssistant distribution archive into your Eclipse installation folder.

  4. Start the Eclipse IDE

To verify that the installation was done properly check that the following directories exist:

<ECLIPSE_HOME>/features/com.jasperassistant.designer_1.4.0
<ECLIPSE_HOME>/plugins/com.jasperassistant.designer_1.4.0

Also check the existence of the following directories to ensure the correct installation of the GEF plug-in:

For Eclipse 2.1.x:

<ECLIPSE_HOME>/features/org.eclipse.gef_2.1.x
<ECLIPSE_HOME>/plugins/org.eclipse.gef_2.1.x
<ECLIPSE_HOME>/plugins/org.eclipse.draw2d_2.1.x

For Eclipse 3.0:

<ECLIPSE_HOME>/features/org.eclipse.gef_3.0.x
<ECLIPSE_HOME>/plugins/org.eclipse.gef_3.0.x
<ECLIPSE_HOME>/plugins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.0.x