Installing Descent
First download Eclipse >= 3.2.1 (we know it dosen't work in version 3.2).
Important: if the new version dosen't appear in the "Find and install" window, try running eclipse from the command line with the "-clean" argument.
Very Important: you will need Java 1.5 or greater.
- Run Eclipse. (as root to install system wide)
- Goto "Help -> Software updates -> Find and install..." and click Next.
- Select "Search for new features to install" and click Next.
- Click "New remote site...".
- Enter "Descent" in the name field.
- Enter "http://svn.dsource.org/projects/descent/trunk/descent.update-site/" in the URL field.
- Click Ok.
- Click Finish.
- From here, check all the checkboxes found, and click Next.
- Accept the license agreement and click Next, and then finish.
- Make sure you configure the plugin properly after the installation finishes.
After the plugin installs, restart Eclipse.
Go to "File -> New -> Project". In the "D" category select "D Project", enter it's location and hit OK.