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 <p>To install ICU4J, simply place the prebuilt jar file <strong>icu4j.jar</strong> on your
 Java CLASSPATH.&nbsp; No other files are needed.</p>
 
-<p><b>Eclipse users:</b> See the ICU4J site for information on<a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/eclipse_howto/eclipse_howto.htm">
+<p><b>Eclipse users:</b> See the ICU4J site for information on<a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/eclipse_howto/eclipse_howto.html">
 how to configure Eclipse</a> to build ICU4J.</p>
 
 <p>To build ICU4J, you will need a Java2 JDK and the Ant build system.