WebSphere 7

[aroc725]

Which version of STS supports WebSphere Application Server 7 ?

[Martin Lippert]

Hi!

The support for WebSphere Application Server 7 comes from IBM as a plugin for Eclipse and is therefore not closely related to a specific STS version. You should be able to install the WebSphere Application Server tools edition from the Eclipse Marketplace into the recent STS versions. Just install the Eclipse Marketplace client first (via the Dashboard) and then look for the WebSphere tools there.

HTH,
Martin

[aroc725]

Thanks for responding, Martin. I ran into the following error message, I guess I need to install the Helios package and then try again?

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.

Software currently installed: WebSphere® Application Server V7.0 Tools 1.0.0.v20111103_1518 (com.ibm.websphere.wdt.st.v7.feature.group 1.0.0.v20111103_1518)

Missing requirement: WebSphere Application Common Server Tools UI 6.1.505.v20111031_1843 (com.ibm.ws.ast.st.common.ui 6.1.505.v20111031_1843) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.jpt.core 2.3.0' but it could not be found

Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Shared Server Tools 1.0.0.v20111103_1518 (com.ibm.websphere.wdt.st.common.feature.group 1.0.0.v20111103_1518)
To: com.ibm.ws.ast.st.common.ui [6.1.505.v20111031_1843]

Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: WebSphere® Application Server V7.0 Tools 1.0.0.v20111103_1518 (com.ibm.websphere.wdt.st.v7.feature.group 1.0.0.v20111103_1518)
To: com.ibm.websphere.wdt.st.common.feature.group [1.0.0.v20111103_1518]

Hi!

The support for WebSphere Application Server 7 comes from IBM as a plugin for Eclipse and is therefore not closely related to a specific STS version. You should be able to install the WebSphere Application Server tools edition from the Eclipse Marketplace into the recent STS versions. Just install the Eclipse Marketplace client first (via the Dashboard) and then look for the WebSphere tools there.

HTH,
Martin

[Martin Lippert]

Hi!

Yes, "org.eclipse.jpt.core 2.3.0" is part of Eclipse Helios, so it seems like the WebSphere tools are compatible with Eclipse Helios 3.6 but not with Eclipse Indigo 3.7. In Indigo (that bundle doesn't exist anymore and got replaced with several other ones). Maybe there is a version out there of the WebSphere tools that is already compatible with Indigo.

Otherwise you would need to install STS into an existing Eclipse Helios installation (from the Marketplace) and then add the WebSphere tools to it.

But I guess there is somewhere an Indigo-compatible version of the WebSphere tools (maybe not a final version on the Marketplace, but from some other IBM pre-release site, don't know exactly).

HTH,
Martin