Installation notes for the IDE integrations of JProfiler

version 5.1.4
released on 2008-05-29

I. Automatic Installation

In order to minimize the post-install configuration, we recommend to install the IDE integrations from within JProfiler:

Choose Session->IDE integrations from JProfiler's main menu, select the desired IDE and click on "Integrate".

For more information on how to work with the IDE integrations, please see the JProfiler help.

II. Manual Installation

Manual installations are not recommended. They're outlined below in case the automatic installation cannot be used, for example if admin rights are required.

1. eclipse and WSAD

These instructions apply to eclipse 2.x, WSAD 5.x and eclipse 3.x.

  1. Create a directory called com.jprofiler.integrations.eclipse in the plugins directory of your eclipse installation.
  2. Locate eclipse2-jprofiler.zip, eclipse3-jprofiler.zip or eclipse31-jprofiler.zip in the directory of this readme file and unpack it into the directory created in step a).
  3. Start eclipse, open the preferences dialog from the main menu (Window->Preferences), select "JProfiler" and fill in the path to the jprofiler executable (jprofiler.exe on Windows andjprofiler.sh on UNIX based platforms).
  4. For eclipse 2.x and WSAD 5.x, activate the "JProfiler" plugin for the Java perspective under Window->Customize perspective->Other. For eclipse 3.x, activate the "Profile" actions for the Java perspective under Window->Customize perspective->Command.

2. IntelliJ IDEA

These instructions apply to IntelliJ IDEA 3 to 7

  1. Locate idea3-jprofiler.jar, idea4-jprofiler.jar or idea5-jprofiler.jar in the directory of this readme file and copy it into the directory "plugins" in your IDEA installation.
  2. Create a file jprofiler.properties in the same directory with the contents:
    jprofilerExecutable=path_to_jprofiler_executable
    
    On Windows, take care to substitute backslashes with forward slashes. For example: C:/Program Files/jprofiler/bin/windows/jprofiler.exe

3. JBuilder

These instructions apply to JBuilder 7 to 2005.

  1. Locate jbuilder-jprofiler.jar in the directory of this readme file and copy it into the directory lib/ext in your JBuilder installation.
  2. Start JBuilder.
  3. When invoking the "optimize" action for the first time, fill in the path to the jprofiler executable (jprofiler.exe on Windows and jprofiler.sh on UNIX based platforms).

4. JDeveloper 10.1.3

These instructions apply to JDeveloper 10g version 10.1.3.

  1. Locate jdeveloper1013-jprofiler.zip in the directory of this readme file and extract it into the directory jdev/extensions in your JDeveloper installation.
  2. Start JDeveloper, choose Tools->Preferences->JProfiler and fill in the path to the jprofiler executable (jprofiler.exe on Windows and jprofiler.sh on UNIX based platforms).

5. Netbeans

These instructions apply to Netbeans 4 to 6

  1. Go to "Update Center" or "Plugins" available from the "Tools" menu, and install netbeans{4,5,6}-jprofiler.nbm in the directory of this readme file and install it into the IDE.
  2. Create a file jprofiler.properties in the Netbeans user directory or in the directory [IDE installation directory]/ide{4,5,6} with the contents:
    jprofilerExecutable=path_to_jprofiler_executable
    
    On Windows, take care to substitute backslashes with forward slashes. For example: C:/Program Files/jprofiler/bin/windows/jprofiler.exe
  3. In the same directory as the above file, create a subdirectory modules/ext and copy the contents of $JPROFILER_HOME/lib to that directory.