How to install Maven 2 plugin for Eclipse on 64-bit linux?

Question

I have Fedora 11 (x86 64) installed with Eclipse. I need a Maven plugin, preferrably m2eclipse, but I cannot find out how to install it. I've tried going through yum, but to no avail (I can't even find any maven plugins).

On my other laptop, I've tried installing the plugin using yum on a 32 bit install of Fedora 11, and while the package shows as being installed, I still don't see it in Eclipse. I've even tried starting eclipse with the clean flag.

Could anyone provide me with help? I've got maven 2.0.4 installed. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Use the following update site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/update/

It's typically under Help -> Software Updates… and then you can add a new update site. Use the one above and you should have the option to install the plugin.

Answer 2

I was able to install the core components of the m2eclipse plugin after I first installed the ganymede packages from their update site: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/

Apparently "Fedora Eclipse" is not a flavor of the ganymede build.

Answer 3

I was hitting the same problem; evlipse installs it but the plugin isn't visible in the list nor are any of the features it should offer (such as a maven import wizard).

java 6, ubuntu, eclipse downloaded from the official site.

I removed ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.5.0_1020258342 Started eclipse again added the EMF update site added the IAM site installed eclipse IAM core, said no to resarting the workspace, quit eclipse started eclipse

and its working.