Important: Sonatype has completed the transition of the M2Eclipse project to the Eclipse Foundation. Please go to this URL for M2Eclipse downloads and documentation: http://eclipse.org/m2e.
Installing m2eclipse Core
To install m2eclipse, use the following Eclipse update site to install the core of the m2eclipse plugin. This Core update site contains a single component: "Maven Integration for Eclipse (Required)". When you install this component you will be installing all of the core Wizards, the POM Editor, Maven Repository integration, and Maven integration
m2eclipse Core Update Site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e
To install this plugin in the Eclipse IDE:
- Select Help > Install New Software. This should display the "Install" dialog.
- Paste the Update Site URL into the field named "Work with:" and press Enter. Pressing Enter should cause Eclipse to update list of available plugins and components.
- Choose the component listed under m2eclipse: "Maven Integration for Eclipse (Required)".
- Click Next. Eclipse will then check to see if there are any issues which would prevent a successful installation.
- Click Next and agree to the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.
- Click Finish to begin the installation process. Eclipse will then download and install the necessary components.
- Once the installation process is finished, Eclipse will ask you if you want to restart the IDE. Sonatype strongly recommends that you restart your IDE after installing m2eclipse.
m2eclipse Core Installation Video
This 2-minute video demostrates the m2eclipse installation process.
Installing m2eclipse Extras
M2Eclipse Extras convenience update site includes components that are developed and maintained separately from M2Eclipse Core. The m2eclipse Extras update site only includes versions of components compatible with the latest available version of M2Eclipse Core, and as such list of available components vary over time.
As of 19th of November 2010, M2Eclipse Extras update site contains the following m2eclipse components:
- Maven Integration for WTP
- Project configurators for some commonly used maven plugins
- M2Eclipse OSGi development support, a.k.a "m2eclipse-tycho"
m2eclipse Extras Update Site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e-extras
Prerequisites for m2eclipse
m2eclipse is compatible with Eclipse 3.5.2 and 3.6.1. To download the latest Eclipse distribution, go to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads.
Older versions
m2eclipse core 0.10.x
m2eclipse Core Update Site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/archives/m2e-0.10.2.20100623-1649/
m2eclipse Extras Update Site: http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/archives/m2e-extras-20101029/