PMD for Eclipse install instructions

  1. Start Eclipse.
  2. Start the installation procedure : select the Help>Software Updates>Find and Install... menu item.
  3. Select "Search for new features to install" option and click Next.
  4. Click New Remote Site...
  5. Give a name (ie PMD Eclipse Site), enter the URL http://pmd.sourceforge.net/eclipse
  6. Select this new site in the Sites to include in search list and click Next.
  7. Select PMD for Eclipse 3 and Apache Xerces in the "Select the features to install" list and click Next.
  8. Accept the terms of the license agreements and click Next.
  9. Verify that the install location is your Eclipse installation directory, otherwise select the correct one, click Finish.
  10. A warning appear telling the feature is not signed. Ignore and click Install to continue.
  11. Accept to restart the workbench to load PMD into the workbench.

Eclipse is restarted and a PMD welcome page is displayed : the plugin is correctly installed.

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