Configuring Eclipse - firedrakeproject/firedrake GitHub Wiki

Assuming Eclipse with PyDev and Firedrake are installed, the IDE can be configured as follows:

1. Start Eclipse from within a Firedrake terminal
   • source firedrake/bin/activate
   • eclipse
2. Point the Interpreter to Firedrake Python
   • Eclipse/Window/Preferences/PyDev/Interpreters/Python Interpreters/ Browse for python/pypy exe
   • Chose Python in /firedrake/bin/
3. Remove the PyDev project Configuration
   • In the Package Explorer right click on the project and select /PyDev/Remove PyDef Project Config
4. Reload the Python Script

From my limited understanding Eclipse does always have to be started from within the Firedrake terminal.

Thanks to BitByte_Bake on stackexchange who found the solution here https://stackoverflow.com/a/29351006.