The IBM Development Package for Eclipse is an unsupported Eclipse-based development tool. It enables developers to build and run Java applications with its ready-to-run development environment out of the box. There are versions available for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit on Intel (xSeries).
Download and documentation
Before you can download code, you will need an IBM Registration ID.
Download the IBM Development Package for Eclipse:
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More resources
- Get technical assistance with Eclipse from the source, Eclipse.org.
- The developerWorks Open source projects zone offers some excellent technical content on the Eclipse platform.
- For an excellent technical resource on the WebSphere software platform, including WebSphere Studio, visit the developerWorks WebSphere Developer Domain.
- Visit the developerWorks Rational Technical Library.
- Rational and Eclipse - open source standard.
- Rational software.


