Upgrading from Eclipse Galileo to Helios

Question

Whats the best way to upgrade from Galileo to Helios whilst still preserving my settings and plugins?

Thanks

Answer 1

The method above did not work for me on one of my 3 boxes. I had the usual dependency issue that Eclipse gets so wrong so often.

What worked for me on my second Ubuntu box was Method 2 found in this article: http://crlog.info/2011/06/30/upgrading-eclipse-on-ubuntu-from-3-5-to-3-7-indigo-works-for-other-versions-too/

Method 1 from the article worked on my Windows and one of my Ubuntu boxes, but Method 2 was required for the other Ubuntu box.