When moving to Eclipse J2ee from regular, do I need to uninstall?

Question

I currently have the standard dev eclipse 3.5.2, but now need to do some jsps etc, so want to move to the j2ee version.

Can I install the j2ee version right over my old one, or do I need to uninstall? I guess another option might be to get the WST packages and install those directly?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks, Mike

Answer 1

Easiest and best IMO is to open Help > Install New Software, select the Galileo update site and install the web and EE features. You also might consider using the latest release, 3.6 (Helios).

Answer 2

FWIW you can easily run multiple eclipse versions on one PC. I run Ganymede, Galileo, Helios, Aptana RadRails and Flash Builder w/o issue (5 instances). I find this is easier to manage than one instance loaded up with all the add-ons I need for all of them