3.2 Install into an existing Eclipse installation
As stated previously, OSATE is implemented as a set of plug-ins to the Eclipse platform. Therefore, it can be added to a new or an existing Eclipse installation.
You can download Eclipse 3.1.2 from the download area of www.eclipse.org.  The “Platform Runtime Binary” of Eclipse is sufficient for AADL modeling and analysis.  The Eclipse SDK is necessary if you want to develop additional OSATE plug-ins.  To install Eclipse, extract it from the downloaded zip file by specifying the location of your choice.  It will be installed at the location into the installation root folder called “eclipse”.  After you install EMF, this folder can be renamed.
EMF Release 2.1.2 is available from the Eclipse Tools Project area at http://www.eclipse.org/emf. The “EMF & SDO runtime” binaries are sufficient for AADL modeling and analysis.  The “SDK for EMF & SDO” is necessary for OSATE plug-in development.  The XSD component (included in the “EMF All SDK”) is necessary if an EMF Meta model has to be developed for an AADL annex sublanguage.  To install EMF, extract it from the downloaded zip file to the same location as Eclipse.  Its content will also be placed in the installation root folder named “eclipse”.  EMF can also be installed using the Eclipse update manager from the update site http://download.eclipse.org/tools/emf/updates/.
The OSATE front-end plug-ins, the OSATE architecture analysis plug-ins, and the integrated TOPCASED plug-ins are available as three features in the form of three zip files from www.aadl.info/OSATEDownloads.html, the download area of www.aadl.info.  The OSATE front-end is called osate-frontend-1.2.0-<date>.zip.  The analysis plug-in collection is called osate-plugins-1.2.0-<date>.zip.  The Integrated TOPCASED plug-in collection is called osate-  topcased-1.2.0-<date>.zip.The same zip files are used regardless of operation system or platform.
To install the three OSATE & TOPCASED features, extract them from the respective zip file by specifying the installation root folder as location to extract to.  This is the folder created through the installation of Eclipse, by default called “eclipse”.
To add a shortcut to the executable, go to the installation root folder and find the “eclipse.exe” executable. You can create a shortcut to it and give it a name of your choice, e.g., “osate-1.2”. You can place this shortcut on your desktop, add it to your program menu, or add it to the quickstart toolbar.