Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Working with Eclipse and pydev under windows

1. Get Python from "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.1.1/python-3.1.1.msi"

2. Get Eclipse from "http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/galileo/SR1/eclipse-cpp-galileo-SR1-win32.zip"

3. Extract both to your favorite folder.

4. Launch eclipse and goto Help->Install Software Updates

4a. Input "http://pydev.org/updates" Where it asks to "select for site". And
follow the instructions. Eclipse will restart to reflect the new changes.

5. Under Eclipse Goto Windows->Preference

5a. Under this goto Pydev->"Interpreter-Python"

5b. Click the "New" button on the top left and input the path to your python
interpreter(python.exe) and click apply.