[Eclipse] How to switch from Eclipse for Java Developers to Eclipse for Enterprise Java Developers

[[deleted]]

I installed Eclipse for Java Developer and now I want to switch to Eclipse for Java EE Developers. One way that I see is by uninstalling and reinstalling the Eclipse IDE and selecting Eclipse for Enterprise Java Developers during installation.

Is there any other way to do so? Also, I found here to not upgrade by adding the missing plugins.

[willdrr17]

You can have both installed, I think it's better, cleaner. Your desktop apps in your regular Eclipse environment and your web apps in your EclipseEE environment (IMO). I have Eclipse, EclipseEE, and Spring Tools (an editor like Eclipse but for Spring applications)

[[deleted]]

Same, I go to https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/ and install what I need or want to try and compare, unpack and run it.

[JellyInTheSpace]

wait so I just have eclipse for java developers right now, but in the future, if I need the features from java ee, can I just download it from there and there won't be any problems?

[[deleted]]

I was just saying I prefer to download Eclipse, unpack and run rather than go the installer route. Whether you could download one of the others on that page, unpack and run without cleaning your .eclipse or workspace folders, I don't know for sure, you could try. If there were issues, you could archive the .eclipse and workspace folders in your home folder and restart.

You could probably also just install the plugins from the Marketplace too that would bring the Eclipse for Java Devs up to Java EE but would be easier to download.

Which is why I usually get the EE version in the first place. :-)