Installing LiClipse

The recommended way of using LiClipse is by downloading the native installer for your platform, which provides a pre-configured standalone for Windows, Mac OS or Linux.

However, it's also possible to install it through the update site:
http://update.liclipse.com/latest
using a base Eclipse install (note that you must have Java 11 installed in this case -- see details on the Update Site Install section).

The latest versions may be downloaded through the links below:

Note that 32 bit standalone versions are no longer available (so, if you need to work on a 32 bit machine, please use an older version of LiClipse).

It's possible to verify the SHA256 of the downloaded file in: LiClipse 11.1.0 files SHA256.

Older versions may be downloaded from MediaFire (install instructions below for each platform).

It's interesting to note that other plugins (such as JDT, CDT, etc.) may be installed regularly in LiClipse using the provided update site for such plugins, except on Mac OS where this is not currently supported.

Install Instructions

Native Windows Install
Native Mac OS Install
Native Linux Install
Update Site Install
Updating Native Install

Native Windows Install

Download the .exe file from MediaFire and run it locally, following the installer instructions.

Native Mac OS Install

Download the .tar.gz file (for Mac M1 download aarch64 version from MediaFire and for Intel download x86_64 version from MediaFire), double-click to extract it in the Downloads Folder then move it (drag it) to the /Applications dir. Note that both LiClipse.app as well as LiClipseJre19.app must be moved and always kept side by side.

Also, on latest Mac OS X versions, after extracting the .tar.gz, when executing LiClipse.app, you may get an error. In this case, you must remove the quarantine flag:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LiClipse.app

Native Linux Install

Download the .tar.gz from MediaFire.

Copy it to where you want to install it, unpack it at the chosen dir (where you have permissions) with:

tar xfz liclipse_VERSION_linux.gtk.ARCH.tar.gz (replacing VERSION and ARCH properly)

Then, create a link to start it using 'liclipse' from anywhere with:

sudo ln -s `pwd`/liclipse/LiClipse /usr/bin/liclipse

(or alternatively, just execute liclipse/LiClipse)

Important for Ubuntu 13.10 users onward: The menus may fail to work properly. In order to fix this, follow the instructions from http://askubuntu.com/questions/361040/eclipse-menus-are-cut-off-or-dont-show/371447#371447 changing from eclipse to liclipse where appropriate.

Update Site Install

To use the update site, download the UPDATE SITE.zip from MediaFire, extract it in a folder, or use the URL: http://update.liclipse.com/latest then, on Eclipse (or a previously downloaded LiClipse) go to:

Help > Install New Software

and on the dialog add the folder where you extracted the update site contents, select all the items and follow the wizard (note: you may want uncheck "group items by category" if you want to get the LiClipse RCP application too)..

Requirement: Eclipse 4.20

Note that to be installed, LiClipse requires Eclipse 4.20 (2021-06) onwards.

Requirement: Java 11

The installed Eclipse MUST be running with a Java 11 VM, otherwise LiClipse may not show as being installed or you'll have errors such as:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: SomeClass :
Unsupported major.minor version 55.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(Unknown Source)

-- Note that the native LiClipse installers ship by default with a VM, so, the installed java version shouldn't be a concern.

Requirement: uninstall conflicting bundles

Note that if you have some of the bundled plugins in Eclipse (i.e.: PyDev, AnyEdit, ColorTheme, StartExplorer, Egit) you may have to uninstall it before installing LiClipse.

Updating Native Install

To update, 2 options are available (option 1 is recommended):

1. Download the native installer again and install as a fresh install in a different folder, then, to restore other plugins, go to File > Import > Install > From Existing Installation and import the plugins you want to keep from your previous install.

After the install is complete, just make sure you point to the same workspace you used previously so that other configurations are kept.

2. Update the current installation with an update site that's more recent following the update site instructions. Note that due to a bug, updating Mac OS won't work properly for LiClipse versions lower than 4.0 (so, on MacOS, if upgrading an install with version 3.x or before, option 1 must be used).