How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

These instructions should be similar for upgrading to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on other operating systems as well.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Scroll down to Platform Runtime Binary and download Mac OSX (Mac/Cocoa/x86_64) eclipse-platform-4.3-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Extract the archive and rename the new eclipse folder to eclipse4.3 or, whatever makes sense for you.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Move the eclipse4.3 folder to the applications folder. Make sure Eclipse Juno 4.2 is not running, then run Eclipse.app int the eclipse4.3 folder.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Typical security. Click Open. You may need to temporarily change your security pref to be able to run this app to ‘Anywhere’.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Select your normal workspace.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • You’ll probably see a lot of errors since none of the plugins are installed yet. I use PDT.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Go to File -> Import…

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Choose From Existing Installation then click next.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Browse to your Eclipse 4.2 installation and click Open. You should now see all the plugins / extensions. Then click next.

How to upgrade Eclipse Juno 4.2 to Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Mac OS X

 

  • Review your Install Details and click next if everything looks correct.

  • Accept the terms and click finish.

  • You may get a warning about unsigned content. If it’s fine, click OK.

  • Restart your new Eclipse Kepler 4.3 installation and you should be ready to continue development where you left off with Eclipse Juno 4.2.

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