Chapter 2 Setting Up the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger Environment
Review the requirements and recommendations in this chapter before following the instructions in the Workstation User’s Manual to install the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger as an optional component of Workstation 6. You can install the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger on any supported Windows or Linux host system that is running Workstation 6 and has a supported version of Eclipse and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed.
During Windows installation, if Eclipse is not installed in C:\Program Files\Eclipse or C:\Eclipse, you must use the Custom setup to select the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger component and specify the Eclipse directory location.
During Linux installation, you must override the default value of No when prompted by vmware-config.pl to install the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger.
When you install the Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger:
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The integrated virtual debugger plug-in, ivd.jar, Foundry Java bindings, and the plugin.xml launch configuration file are placed in the com.vmware.bfg_1.0.0 subdirectory of the Eclipse plug-in directory.
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After you restart Eclipse, the Debug menu includes the new launch configuration types VMware attach to application and VMware execute Java application. These launch configuration types have a VMware tab that enables you to configure virtual machine settings.
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You can debug in multiple virtual machines simultaneously. You can also debug multiple sessions in a single virtual machine.
This chapter contains the following sections:
