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Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:05:18 GMT

Hello,

I want to use ABAP for HANA and there is no ABAP Perspective in the HANA Studio.

I tried to install Eclipse and add the ABAP Development Tools using a link, and it worked.

Now I need to do the same procedure, only now the difference is I can't use a link to install it, and I need it as a downloadable file.

So my question is where can I download the ABAP Development Tool.

My Eclipse version is Luna 4.4.2

Thanks.

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:27:32 GMT

Hi Mezamer,

you can either download the archive containing the update site content from the Service Marketplace or you use a little script to mirror the content of the SAP Update Site. As you will need some additional features to be installed from the Eclipse update site, I recommend to use the mirroring option.

Check my anser in another thread, where you can find a xml file providing the required configuration to mirror the ABAP Development Tools from the SAP Update Site and the requird features from the Eclipse update site. Comments inside the xml file describe the required steps/command calls.

The copied content can lateron be used to intall the tools on machines without internet access.

http://scn.sap.com/message/15833481#15833481

Regards, Felix

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:28:42 GMT

Hi Felix,

Thanks for your answer but it didn't work.

I tried mirroring the content of the SAP Update site and got all the JARs by using the XML below.

When I install them it seems like it was installed but I can't see the abap perspective.

what can cause this?

Thank you.

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:49:43 GMT

Hi Mezamer,

do the ABAP Development Tools appear in the list of installed tools (Help=>About Eclipse)?

Is the ABAP perspective offered in the list of available perspectives (Window=>Perspective=>Open Perspective=>Other...)?

Are there Error Log entries generated when you try to open the ABAP perspective?

Regards, Felix

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:37:01 GMT

Hi,

I don't have this option.

In the attached picture you can see my options

Thanks,

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

daniel_herreramarmolejo — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:37:46 GMT

Hello Mezamer,

IMHO the easiest way to do it, is to copy a working Eclipse installation folder. It will carry all the plug-ins installed.

Daniel Herrera

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 06:23:26 GMT

Hi Mezamar,

so it looks the ABAP Development Tools have not been installed. Maybe you should try out the proposal of Daniel below.

Regards, Felix

Re: Downloadable ABAP Development Tool for Eclipse

Former Member — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 06:36:59 GMT

Hi Daniel,

in general you are right. But in some cases just copying an existing Eclipse instance includes some user/machine specific configuration information. I prefer to do the installation of new tools using a script and I never run the Eclipse instance before I create a copy of the same (usually archives that are generated in an automated way).

So I propose to install the HANA Studio (do not run it), install the ABAP Development Tools using the attached script, create an archive of the HANA Studio folder and use this archive to provide this instance on other machines.

How the script can be used is described in the xml-file.

Regards, Felix