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Open .eclipseproduct in the product installation folder. Or open Configuration\config.ini and check property eclipse.buildId if exist.
Help -> About Eclipse Platform
For Eclipse Mars - you can check Eclipse -> About Eclipse or Help -> Installation Details, then you should see the version:
Hello guys, first of all, thank you beforehand and I hope you are all doing good :)
I am starting a course on Html5, css, and then probably move to javascrypt. its just fundamentals and introduction. (past that probably python)
what version of eclipse should i install? from the options when starting the install procedure.
thank you :)
See Compare Eclipse Packages for a nice chart
What I would like to do is use Eclipse for (...)
The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers allows to do what you're asking for out of the box.
Should I download a totally new version from Eclipse site or can I just ADD necessary features/plugins to my current Eclipse setup.
Both would work, although it would be simpler to just get directly the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (especially if you don't know exactly what plugin(s) you're looking for). Personally, I don't use the version you can get from the repository but download Eclipse from the official website and install it in user mode.
My eclipse has a file .eclipseproduct in its' main folder which contains:
name=Eclipse Platform
id=org.eclipse.platform
version=3.4.0
Perhaps that might help?
Edit: Couldn't find any useful command-line switch for that task.
In case anyone has installed one of the 'bundled' versions of Eclipse (e.g. bundled with EE development tools as below) and is still looking, the steps below will show the 'bundled' version and the platform version (and other component versions also):
First select 'About Eclipse' from the Eclipse menu:
then select 'Installation details from the box below'
Next click on the triangle against 'Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers' below to expand it:
And now you should be able to read the version numbers, as below:
By now of course you may be wondering if everything else in the IDE is this obscure...
General answer
The official Eclipse website offers download of any build of Eclipse ever created.
- Open Download page where you can find latest&greatest version.
- Click on Download Packages link where you can find specific packages aka Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Eclipse IDE for PHP Developers and so on.
- Note the "More Download" box with link to Older versions of Eclipse Packaging Project (EPP) Releases with list of specific builds.
- For complexity need to be metioned the Eclipse project archived download page https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
OP specific answer
The version 4.14.0 is part of build 2019-12 (4.14.0) that can be reached from following path starting on Download page > Download Packages > Older versions > 2019-12
You can download older versions of eclipse from the archive site - https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/