I was recurently wondering about that. Its just like in some older versions of windows, you had to hit the "Start" button to "Shutdown" the system
Use the "Help -> Install New Software" menu, it will open a dialog where you can add a new update site (use the "add" button). Once you have added the update site, select it and its content will appear.
Go to Help > Install New Software. In the “Work with” field, enter this URL: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo. Click Add.
First, open the Help menu of Eclipse and choose the Install New Software… option. In the drop down menu, drag down to the Helios line, which points to the site containing popular software installs for this (Helios) version of Eclipse. Eclipse will now look for all of the software packages that are available.
Regardless of your operating system, you will need to install some Java virtual machine (JVM). You may either install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE), or a Java Development Kit (JDK), depending on what you want to do with Eclipse. If you intend to use Eclipse for Java development, then you should install a JDK.
Because "Install New Software" is also kind of help.
Because putting the "Check for Updates" option under Help is fairly standard (as seen in OpenOffice, Firefox, VMware, VirtualBox...), and Eclipse's "Install New Software" option is very, very closely tied to its "Check for Updates" option (since both use the same repository architecture and configuration).
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