Apr
09
Installing Ant in Flex Builder 3
Until Flex Builder 3 Stand Alone includes Ant built in you will have to install it separately. For those that are not familiar with Eclipse, this can be tricky to install.The following is the revised steps for Flex Builder 3 Stand Alone.
- Launch Flex Builder 3
- Go to Help > Software Updates > Find and Install
- Search for new features to install, click next
- Select “The Eclipse Project Updates”, click finish
- Note: If you do not have the option above click New Remote Site and enter “The Eclipse Project Updates” as the name and “http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.3″ as the url.
- In Eclipse Project Updates > Eclipse SDK Eclipse 3.3.2 (3.3.3, 3.3.4, etc) Select “Eclipse Java Development Tools…”, or otherwise known as JDT click next
- Accept the license agreement, click next
- Click finish to start download
- Eclipse downloads Java Development Tools
- Click “Install all” to install Java Development Tools
- Restart the Eclipse workbench
That’s it! You now have Apache Ant support in your standalone Flex Builder 3 install.Go to Window > Other View > Ant and Click OK. You now have the Ant view
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April 9th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Or, better yet, get a bundled version of eclipse from someone like Yoxos (yoxos.com/ondemand), and you can have all of your language tools, along with great updating tools… just install FB as a plugin.. it’s much easier that way.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I don’t recommend this approach for inexperienced Eclipse users. I’ve personally run into a lot of headaches when it comes to keeping Eclipse and Flex Builder versions in sync. I’ve come to the conclusion that installing each version of Flex Builder and updating plugins from there is less of a pain than keeping Eclipse in sync with all of the plugins out there.
August 8th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Took some time to get the full list… Only saw a few, no JDT…
After a bit of time, while I was searching the web, the list got more populated.
But I see both “Java Development Kit” and “JDT” which do I use??
I’ll try “Java Development Kit” I guess…
December 30th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Just a quick note of thanks – I’ve done this procedure before, but when it gets past midnight, it’s nice to read along with a guide.
Also, for others going through this, you can also get to Ant by selecting “Europa Discover Site” and then selecting the “Java Development” option. Under that, you ought to be able to find the Java Development Kit
Thanks again
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