Since Eclipse is a Java application, it does not need to be explicitly installed on your system. If you encounter this, double check that you have the same (32 or 64 bit) versions of the JRE and Eclipse installed, and that they are correct for your Windows version. 64 bit) as you did for Java, you will get an error when you attempt to run Eclipse for the first time. If you do not install the version for the same architecture type (32 vs. Make sure to install the 32-bit version if you are using a 32-bit Windows installation and the 64-bit version if on Windows 64-bit.
Get Eclipseĭownload the latest version of the Eclipse CDT (C/C++ Development Tooling) from Eclipse CDT Kepler (download links will appear on the right). See also our page on environment variables. In that case, follow the PATH instructions on the Java website and add the location of the bin folder within your Java installation to the system PATH. If after installing the JRE, it does not add itself to your PATH, then java -version gives an error. If you get back some information about your Java version, you have installed the JRE correctly.
