IDE Installation Instructions

Liferay IDE

Install Liferay IDE

Latest stable release: 3.10.1 (August 2024)

Method 1: Use the Installers

Download the LiferayWorkspacewithDevStudio installer that is appropriate for your OS from the Liferay IDE GitHub repo.

 

Method 2: Use Eclipse Marketplace

If this is the first time installing Liferay IDE on your Eclipse install, simply drag and drop the button below into your Eclipse workspace:  

Drag to your running Eclipse* workspace. *Requires Eclipse Marketplace Client


If you have a previous installation of Liferay IDE:

  1. Navigate to the Help menu and select Eclipse Marketplace...
  2. In the Eclipse Marketplace screen, navigate to the Installed tab
  3. Find Liferay IDE and click the associated Update button

 

Method 3: Use the Update Site

  1. Within Eclipse, navigate to the Help menu and select Install New Software...
  2. Copy and paste the following URL into the Work with field: https://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/3.10.1/updatesite/
  3. Press Enter and Liferay IDE will appear as a selectable option
  4. Select Liferay IDE and click Next to proceed with the rest of the installation

 

Additional steps

For methods 2 and 3, you may need to perform the following remediation steps during installation if prompted:

  1. Select "Show original error and build my own solution:"
  2. Check "Install different version than originally requested"
  3. Check "Remove items already installed"
  4. Click Next