You have two choices here: either work on our server, or install Eclipse on your own computer.
Using one of the SunRay thin clients found all over the place, you can use the reference installation of Eclipse on our server. Just log in and start Eclipse using the following command line:
/home/java/eclipse/eclipse
This will always point to the current reference installation. Feel free to setup a link on your desktop to avoid having to start the console every time.
If you want to install Eclipse on your own computer, just expand the installation guide below. Note that you need at least Java 1.5 to run and use Eclipse and KIELER. On Windows, double-click the eclipse.exe
found in the installation directory. On Linux, execute the eclipse
executable found in the installation directory.
The first step in getting your own Eclipse installation is to download Eclipse Juno 4.2.1 from the Eclipse download page. The download page offers several different variants of Eclipse; you want the Eclipse Modeling Tools, as they come with most of the features required for KIELER development. Once Eclipse is installed and started, there are two ways to install the remaining features: the (recommended) automatic way, and the manual way. Automatically Installing the Remaining FeaturesThe automatic installation basically uses a description of our reference Eclipse installation to bring your own installation to the same state. Follow these steps:
If the installation fails because of some version problems, try to uncheck the option Install latest version of selected software in the Install Software Items from File wizard. Some of the plug-ins we're installing have been known to not play well with the latest versions of other plug-ins in the past. Manually Installing the Remaining FeaturesIf you have a problem with automatic installation procedures or the installation for some reason didn't work for you, install the required features manually. Warning: this is going to take quite a while. For each of these steps, fire up the software installation dialog by clicking Install New Software... from the Help menu.
After everything is installed, restart Eclipse and configure your installation according to our configuration guidelines. Esoteric DependenciesSome projects require a bunch of more esoteric dependencies. For each one of them, make sure you actually work with a given project and then install the required dependencies only if necessary. Note: This list has not yet been updated for Eclipse 4.2.1. If this doesn't work, find an adult!
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Regardless of the two methods you've decided on following, Eclipse may well run into problems due to lack of memory. If so, navigate to your installation directory, open eclipse.ini, and edit it to contain the following lines:
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256M --launcher.XXPermSize 64M -Xmn128m -Xmx768m |
For more information about what these settings to, see this page.