Installing the Red5Plugin 0.2 in Eclipse 3.5 on Mac OS X

Background

The Red5Plugin is an Eclipse plugin to facilitate developing Red5 applications. Once configured correctly, it enables you to start and stop the server easily and create projects from templates.

These instructions were written with a Mac OS X system in mind. If you are using another platform, you should expect there to be variations in the screenshots and steps necessary to install this component.

Prerequisites

1. A red5 server installation, version 0.9 (RC1)
   
2. An Eclipse 3.5 (Carbon) installation
3. Java 6. If you are running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), you already have Java 6.
   

Notes

There are official installation directions available here: http://trac.red5.org/wiki/Red5Plugin
The instructions below are provided in the event you wish an alternate set of instructions.

Installation

1. Choose Help -> Install New Software
2. In the "Work with" field, insert "http://trac.red5.org/chrome/site/projects/red5plugin/update_0.2.x/" and click the Add button
3. In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter "Red5Plugin 0.2.x (Eclipse 3.2+)" in the Name field and click OK
4. In the feature screen that appears, expand the General option and select Red5Plugin 0.2
5. On the Install Details panel, just click Next
   
6. The review Licenses panel, accept the licenses and click Finish. (Note: if the finish button is available, as it was the first time I tried this, cancel, restart Eclipse, and repeat these steps. Instead of trying to add the site, choose it from the pulldown in step 2)
   
7. Eclipse will now install the plug-in.
   
8. When installation is complete, Eclipse will prompt you to restart. This is a good idea, so choose Yes.
   
9. Congratulations! You now have the plug-in installed. However, there is still some work left to do before you can use the server from within Eclipse. That will be covered in a followup article.