I finally gave up the idea of the Eclipse update manager taking care of the upgrade from 3.0.2 to 3.1 as I had previously posted it. It just didn’t do it, although as I understand the settings, it should have…

So I downloaded the new full version. Initially I was worried that it would loose all my settings for plugins etc. but it actually went smoothly!

Here’s what you need to do:

• If you’re not using a CVS it’s probably a good idea to backup your workspace before upgrading - although nothing happened to my files…
• Rename your old installation to Program files/Eclipse 3.0 for example
• Unzip the new one into Program files/Eclipse (that’s where I have it…)
• Download and install the latest versions of all the plugins you had installed. Most plugins already have a version that’s compatible with Eclipse 3.1 RC’s or work anyways (see below).
• Launch the new version, when asked browse to your usual workspace folder and select it.
• Eclipse converts all the settings automatically, even the ones for new versions of plugins.
• That’s it!

Here’s a list of the plugins I’m using and which seem to be working fine with the 3.1 version:

• AS Development Tool (ASDT) (Version 0.0.7.1)
• XML Buddy (Version 2.0.62, needs to be 2.0.56 or above)
• Flashout (Version 0.2 only works with Eclipse 3.1!)
• MSTAC (Version 1.08, not a plugin but required anyway…)
• RMI Plugin (needs to be version 1.6.5beta or above)
• Eclipse Colorer (Version 0.7.1)
• The only one that doesn’t yet support 3.1 is PHPEclipse

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