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Build Forge Eclipse plug-in installation

Question & Answer


Question

How to obtain and install the IBM® Eclipse® plug-in for use with IBM Rational® Build Forge®?

Answer

The Eclipse plug-in is called Build Forge Prism, and it ships with Build Forge 7.0 and 7.0.1, and gets installed by default.

You can traverse the plug-in by opening a Web browser and accessing the Apache® server directory, /Prism.

Example:

http://<Apache serving Build Forge content>/prism

To install the plug-in into Eclipse

  1. Start Eclipse > go to Help > Find and Install Updates

  2. Select Search for new features to install > click Next

  3. Select New Remote Site... > type in Build Forge Prism in the name field and http://<Apache Server>/prism in the URL field > click OK

  4. Select Finish to continue

  5. Accept the license agreement for the two Build Forge components > click Finish

  6. The plug-in installation will complete, then the Build Forge views will appear under Window > View > Build Forge

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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