Native FTP and SSH support in Eclipse is in the "Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime" Plugin.
Install it through Eclipse itself. These instructions may vary slightly with your version of Eclipse:
- Go to 'Help' -> 'Install New Software' (in older Eclipses, this is called something a bit different)
- In the 'Work with:' drop-down, select your version's release site. For Indigo, this is Indigo - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo
- In the filter field, type 'remote'.
- Check the box next to 'Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime'
- Click 'Next'. It should now download and install.
- After install, Eclipse may want to restart.
Using it, in Eclipse:
- Window -> Open Perspective -> (perhaps select 'Other') -> Remote System Explorer
- File -> New -> Other -> Remote System Explorer (folder) -> Connection (or type Connection into the filter field)
- Choose FTP from the 'Select Remote System Type' panel.
- Fill in your FTP host info in the next panel (username and password come later).
- In the Remote Systems panel, right-click the hostname and click 'connect'.
- Enter username + password and you're good!
- Well, not exactly 'good'. The RSE system is fairly unusual, but you're connected.
- And you're one smart cookie! You'll figure out the rest.