Installing Flex 4 SDK on Eclipse IDE

Hi,
I want to use Eclipse IDE with Flex 4 SDK but am unable to do so. I have looked at various blog posts & threads dealing with the same, most of them are obsolete(in the sense posted way back in 2005/07 with very old Eclipse releases) or I am not getting the desired results.
The links I have referred to are below-
http://arunbluebrain.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/flex-40-gumbo-tutorial-installing-flex-40-sd k-in-eclipse-ide-flash-player-10/
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/2005/08/setting-up-eclipse-for-flex.cfm
http://www.roseindia.net/flex/compiling_flex_on_eclipse.shtml
http://blog.wezside.co.za/2008/01/complete-starter-guide-to-develop-flash.html
I have tried the trial of Adobe Flex Builder & it was really a painless job to get going. But right now I cannot afford a license of the same so I am looking at open source alternatives.
Can anyone help the newbies like me by giving a brief walkthrough regarding installing Flex SDK on Eclipse, it would be of great help.
Thanks in advance,
Raghav

I was disappointed with the kind of response from a forum like this to an amateur like me.
I found a way around, decided not to use Eclipse at all with Flex SDK. Instead I am using Flash Develop which is a free IDE specific for Flash & Flex and integrating Flex SDK is pretty easy in that. Provided a very good feature set for a free software. Anyone stuck with this problem I suggest to go ahead with FlashDevelop instead of trying to figure out Eclipse. It is available for download here
http://www.flashdevelop.org/wikidocs/index.php?title=Main_Page

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