I tried the to install Buildship v1.0.0.v20150616-2101-s to Eclipse 4.4.2 (EE) and for me it works as expected. I’d recommend to either use the release version from the Eclipse marketplace (search for Buildship) or - if you need the latest snapshot - use the following composite update site: http://download.eclipse.org/buildship/updates/e44/snapshots/1.0 If you do the latter, then the updates can be discovered automatically.
The reason why you haven’t found anything it the preferences is because we haven’t implemented any UI components for the workspace/project settings. It will be part of the following story: https://github.com/eclipse/buildship/blob/master/docs/stories/Settings.md
To get started with Buildship you have two options:
- Use the “New Gradle Project” wizard to create a simple project.
- Use the “Import Gradle Project” to add existing Gradle project to the workspace.
If you want to update the dependencies for your project, simply right-click on them and select the Gradle > Refresh Projects. When the action finishes the “Project and External Dependencies” classpath container will contain the updated dependency list. Note: the context menu entry only shows up in the Package Explorer view.
