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SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.5 Installation and Upgradation

Updated May 18, 2018

How to install or upgrade SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.5

The hardware and software system requirement for SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio:

Software Requirement

Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit

JDK version:Supported Java Development Kit (JDK) are from Oracle or SAP SE. therefore the JDK you use must be the 64-bit version.

You can use either use SE JDK version 1.8 64-bit or JDK from Oracle or JDK provided with the SAP JVM 8

Note: Keep in the mind that for the deployable applications, the major version JDK in the Developer Studio should be the same as the JVM major version of your application server.

Native libraries: Developer Studio requires Native libraries to be installed on the system. 

Operating system permissions: Permissions of Administrator's for the operating system is required to update, install, or delete the Developer Studio, and also to add new features to the existing Developer Studio distribution.

Hardware Requirements

System space: Installing or upgrading SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.5  requires minimum 3 GB free hard disk space

RAM: 4 GB system RAM is required 

Note: Before you proceed to the installations steps of the Developer Studio, make sure that your system fulfils the requirement of minimum hardware, software system requirements mentioned above.

Installing the Developer Studio

Following steps needed to be followed to Install the Developer Studio:

  • From SAP Service Marketplace download the archive for the Developer Studio .
  • Open and extract the archive and  its content in a folder on the file system.
  • Open the eclipse folder and start eclipse.exe.
  • When the Developer Studio gets starts you need to enter a location for the Workspace folder in a popup window .
  • The Developer Studio stores the configuration settings in the Workspace folder, which you provide and the local projects, which you develop.

Caution: Please don't use the Workspace which you used for a previously installed Developer Studio version.

Updating the Developer Studio

For updating previous version (SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or below) to Developer Studio 7.5, do the following:

In older workspace

  • Download the new version from SAP Service Marketplace.
  • Unzip the download file to have an installed version of Developer Studio 7.5.

Note: If you want to reuse the old workspace which you used with the previous version to retain all projects and settings.To be on safer side you should have a backup copy of the workspace before you use it with the new eclipse version.

In new workspace

  • Download the new version from SAP Service Marketplace.
  • Unzip the download file to have an installed version of Developer Studio 7.5.
  • Update SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.5 to a new version (support package or patch)

Note: It is always recommended to use a new workspace and reimport or recreate all projects. If you want to reuse the old workspace please make a copy of it. Also keep in mind that only the old workspace can be used with an older NWDS version.


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