How to add Guava to Eclipse project

Question

Eclipse Helios 3.6
Windows XP SP3

I have used Eclipse to download the guava SDK by doing:
1) In Eclipse go to Help > Install New Software...
2) In the "Work with:" text box I used the following URL

http://svn.codespot.com/a/eclipselabs.org/guava-bundle/trunk/repository/

3) It found the Guava: Google Core Libraries for Java 1.5 Runtime and SDK, so I clicked ok to each message and they seemed to install fine.

Now I want to use it in my code (for an Android app) I am trying to add an import to one of my class files

import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;

I get a compile error message

The import com.google cannot be resolved

Is there any special step I need to perform in order add the library to my project?

I have been looking through the project properties, I've got a feeling I need to add an entry to Java Build Path > Libraries but I do not know what to add.

Answer 1

As far as i know Google Guava is not an Eclipse Plugin. It's a third party library. To add a lib to the Eclipse build path simply right click on your project -> build path -> configure build path -> libraries tab -> add external jars -> locate guava-r07.jar -> OK/OPEN

Answer 2

Figured it out, you just need to add the path to the location of the SDK as a Link Source.

1) Right click project and choose Properties > Source > Link Source...
2) Browse to the location that eclipse downloaded the SDK to which on my computer was

C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\com.google.guava.source_1.7.0

Answer 3

Just a little update here for everyone reading this in 2014. By now, there is an eclipse plugin for guava. It's part of the orbit project. A collection of useful third party libraries.

You can find the latest version here.

Answer 4

For everyone reading this in 2016... download Guava from this link

and do the steps as @Schildmeijer noted...