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Download the Eclipse IDE and add the ABAP Development Tools (ADT) Plugin

Beginner
25 min.
ABAP Development, Beginner, Tutorial, SAP Business Technology Platform
Download the Eclipse IDE and add the ABAP Development Tools (ADT) Plugin.
You will learn
  • How do download the Eclipse IDE
  • How to add the ADT plugin to Eclipse
mervey45Merve TemelApril 5, 2024
Created by
julieplummer20
March 9, 2023
Contributors
mervey45
julieplummer20

Prerequisites

  • Operating System:
    • Windows 10, or higher
    • Apple macOS 10.15 or higher
  • Microsoft VC++ Runtime:
  • Java Runtime:
    • ADT is validated and tested against Java versions 17 and 21 (Oracle Java and OpenJDK).

    • The latest Eclipse packages are bundled with Eclipse Temurin, an OpenJDK binary distribution provided by the Eclipse Adoptium project. Any other JRE found on the system is not used. If you want to remove the bundled JRE and use a custom one, see SAP note 3035242.

      Hint: You do not need to manually install a JRE / JDK, since it is already bundled with the latest Eclipse packages, which are downloadable as a ready-to-run zip file.

  • Step 1

    1. Open the Eclipse download page to download the appropriate (usually latest) Eclipse version.

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    2. Click Download.

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    3. Click the Download icon of your browser and select the folder symbol.

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    4. Extract the Eclipse file with right-click.

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    5. Click Extract in the wizard.

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    6. Open the Eclipse-Java folder.

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    7. Open the Eclipse folder.

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    8. Double-click eclipse.exe to run the application.

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    9. Launch your workspace.

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    10. Close both pages.

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  • Step 2

    1. Select Help > Install New Software.

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    2. Enter the latest ADT URL https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/latest in the Work with section, press enter, select ABAP Development Tools and click Next >.

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    3. Click Next >.

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    4. Accept the license agreement and click Finish.

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    5. Click Select All and Trust Selected.

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    6. Click Restart Now.

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    7. Now ADT is installed. Switch to the ABAP perspective. Therefore select Window > Perspective > Other Perspective > Other.

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      Then select ABAP and click Open.

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    8. Check your result.

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  • Step 3

    Following this tutorial you will be able to update the latest version of Eclipse and ADT when new releases are available.

    If you want to install the abapGit plugin for ADT, you can follow the Install the abapGit Plugin tutorial.

  • Step 4

    Where can you add the ADT URL?

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