CW10.x and other Eclipse-based IDE's on the same PC?

[FridgeFreezer]

I have installed & running CW10.2 on my PC (Windows 7/32) for our main project (Coldfire based).

For another project the customer dictates we use Texas MSP430, but when trying to install Code Composer Studio there was a problem / clash (I don't have exact details), and then if I try to uninstall the incomplete thing it says "Uninstalling Eclipse..." which if course I do NOT want to do as that would kill Codewarrior, and lord knows that took long enough to get working...

Anyway, getting to the point: Is anyone out there successfully running more than one Eclipse-based IDE on the same PC, and if so can you give any tips on how to install/uninstall without ruining everything? Or if not... er, help!?

[FridgeFreezer]

Well I've found an answer to half of my question on Ti's forums - each program installs its own Eclipse folder and should therefore only uninstall its own copy. That certainly seems to have worked for uninstalling Ti's broken software anyway

[J2MEJediMaster · Accepted solution]

That's essentially the same answer for CodeWarrior. You run the installer, and let it put a specific sub-directory in the C:\Program Files\Freescale directory. To uninstall, go to the Start Menu and choose Programs > Freescale CodeWarrior > CW for XXX > Uninstall. Note: This is for a system running Windows XP SP3. Things are going to be different with Windows 7.

I've added and removed CodeWarrior with the Eclipse IDE numerous times without problems this way.

---Tom

[mjbcswitzerland]

Hi

I have CW10.1, CW10.2, TI CodeComposer 4, Atollic AVR32, Atollic ARM and Atmel AVR32 Studio 2 installed on one Windows 7 PC without any problems. These are all based on Eclipse and haven't disturbed each other during installs/upgrades or when operating.

The only possible restriction is when trying to build the same project with two tools - eg. CW10.2 and Atollic ARM. The IDEs litter the project with their own files and .metadata directories. This is less distrubing with newer versions I believe and maybe multiple Eclipse based projects basen on the same project source may collide with some of these - I don't know though because I avoided trying up to now :smileywink:

Regards

Mark

[FridgeFreezer]

Thanks guys. Pretty similar feedback from the TI side too - it's just the lack of distinction when an (un)installer says something about changing Eclipse, when you've got more than one thing using Eclipse it can be a bit of a leap of faith that it's not going to change the wrong one!