Installation

The following section describes various ways to install the Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin.

Via Eclipse Marketplace link (recommended)

Install

  1. Drag&Drop the link above to a running Eclipse Indigo/Juno/Kepler/Luna/Mars/Neon/Oxygen instance. This will trigger the Eclipse Marketplace client with the Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin being pre-selected for installation.
  2. Confirm the selection of features to install
  3. Read/accept the license terms
  4. Eclipse will now download the necessary files
  5. After all file have been downloaded, Eclipse will ask about installing unsigned content. If you're ok with that accept.
  6. After installation you will be promted for a restart of Eclipse, which is recommended
Via Eclipse Marketplace client
  1. Launch the Marketplace client within Eclipse (Help -> Eclipse Marketplace...)
  2. Search for the solution to install, e.g. Checkstyle and click Install
  3. Conclude the installation as described above.
From the update site
  1. Within Eclipse go to: Help -> Install New Software...
  2. Enter the following update site url: https://checkstyle.org/eclipse-cs/update
  3. Select the Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin feature to install
  4. Conclude the installation as described above
From an update site archive

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  1. Download a Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin update site bundle
  2. Within Eclipse go to: Help -> Install New Software...
  3. Press Add..., then Archive..., select the downloaded file
  4. Select the Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin feature to install
  5. Conclude the installation as described above