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@@ -15,19 +15,28 @@ of Eclipse to let you quickly set up new Android projects, build an app
UI, debug your app, and export signed (or unsigned) app packages (APKs) for distribution.
</p>
-<p>If you need to install Eclipse, you can download it from <a href=
-"http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">eclipse.org/downloads/</a>.</p>
-
-
-<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you prefer to work in a different IDE, you do not need to
-install Eclipse or ADT. Instead, you can directly use the SDK tools to build and
-debug your application.</p>
-
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> You should install the ADT plugin
+only if you already have an Eclipse installation that you want to continue using. If you do not
+have Eclipse installed, you should instead <b><a href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html">install
+the complete Android SDK</a></b>, which includes the latest IDE for Android developers.</p>
+
+<p>Your existing Eclipse installation must meet these requirements:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://eclipse.org/mobile/">Eclipse</a> 3.7.2 (Indigo) or greater
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) is no longer
+supported with the latest version of ADT.</p></li>
+ <li>Eclipse <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt">JDT</a> plugin (included
+in most Eclipse IDE packages) </li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">JDK 6</a>
+ (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>oid Development Tools plugin</a>
+(recommended)</li>
+ <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with GNU Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
+ </ul>
<h2 id="Download">Download the ADT Plugin</h2>
-
+<p>To add the ADT plugin to Eclipse:</p>
<ol>
<li>Start Eclipse, then select <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Install New
Software</strong>.</li>