Proper way to install SVNKit 1.7.x in Eclipse?

Question

Folks,

I am a bit confused on how to get SVNKit 1.7 Beta 3 to work under Eclipse Indigo.

Using the Eclipse update site mentioned at http://svnkit.com/download.php, I installed new software from http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x. I selected both the items on the list, the core SVNKit Library and optional JNA Library.

The installation seems to have succeeded. When I look at the list of installed software, I see SVN Library 1.70 Beta 3 in the list.

However, Eclipse still does not recognized that my projects are source controlled.

When I go to Preferences, all I see is SVNKit 1.3.6-v1. I do not see SVNKit 1.7.

Is there some other step that I am missing? How do I get Subversive to recognized my Subversion 1.7 based projects?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
Peter

Answer 1

To install SVNKit as an Eclipse plugin or to make sure that you have the latest version installed, use http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x/ as an update site location in Eclipse Update Manager.

• List item In Eclipse menu select Help->Software Updates
• List item Then choose 'Available Software' tab
• List item Click 'Add Site...' button
• List item Type http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x/ in the 'Location' field and press 'OK'.
• List item Check the new site (it should appear in the list of update sites) and follow further steps as prompted by Eclipse.

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Use http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.3.x/ as an update site location to get older version of SVNKit (1.3.8).

Answer 2

In order to install SVNKit 1.7.x for Subversive I've opened Eclipse > Help > Install new software and used the link from http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/subversive/download.php page:

http://community.polarion.com/projects/subversive/download/eclipse/3.0/kepler-site/ – [required] Subversive SVN Connectors

After that new connector appeared under Eclipse Preferences.