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* [http://java.sun.com][Sun's JDK 6] (use OpenJDK under Linux, with Sun's SDK Kalypso will freeze) | * [http://java.sun.com][Sun's JDK 6] (use OpenJDK under Linux, with Sun's SDK Kalypso will freeze) | ||
| − | * [http://www.eclipse.org][Eclipse 3. | + | * [http://www.eclipse.org][Eclipse 3.6.0 SDK] |
| − | Tip: The installation path of eclipse should not contain any | + | Tip: The installation path of eclipse should not contain any white-space ' ', else some of the ant-scripts used to compile Kalypso will get into trouble. |
==Starting Eclipse== | ==Starting Eclipse== | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 11 July 2010
Contents |
Setting up Eclipse for Kalypso
Kalypso is a java application being developed with Eclipse. This article describes how to set up eclipse in order to start developing with Kalypso.
Installation of Java and Eclipse
Download and install the current versions of
- [1][Sun's JDK 6] (use OpenJDK under Linux, with Sun's SDK Kalypso will freeze)
- [2][Eclipse 3.6.0 SDK]
Tip: The installation path of eclipse should not contain any white-space ' ', else some of the ant-scripts used to compile Kalypso will get into trouble.
Starting Eclipse
We recommend the following command-line options when starting eclipse:
- -vm <path to your java 6 sdk>/bin/javaw.exe (required)
- Kalypso MUST be started with the Java Developer Kit (JDK) (NOT the Runtime Edition (JRE)), else some of the ant-code generation will not work properly
- -data <path to workspace directory> (optional)
- use a distinquished workspace directory for your Kalypso sources
- -vmargs -Xmx1024m
- Kalypso is quite big, give eclipse enough memory to handle all this stuff
Configure Eclipse
In order to be able to compile Kalypso, Eclipse should be configured as follows:
Additionally required Eclipse-Plug-ins
| Name | Remark | Use | Source / Update Site | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subversive SVN Team Provider | Required to fetch Kalypso sources | Optional | Galileo Update Site | |
| Mylyn Team Support | For easy access to Kalypso Trac(s) | Optional | Galileo Update Site | |
| Eclipse XML Editors and Tools | Highly Recommended | Galileo Update Site | ||
| Babel Language Packs | Required packs: 'eclipse', xxx? | Required for Deployment | http://download.eclipse.org/technology/babel/update-site/galileo |
workspace_loc (required)
In order make the ant-scripts compiling parts of kalpyso work, the ant-property
workspace = ${workspace_loc}
must be defined via
- Menu: Window->Preferences...
- Page Ant/Runtime
- Tab Properties
- Button:Add Property...
- Tab Properties
- Page Ant/Runtime
Linux: before getting the sources, set the workspace encoding of eclipse to ISO-8859-1:
- Menu: Window->Preferences...
- Page General/Workspace
- Text File Exncoding:Other ISO-8859-1
- Page General/Workspace
ManualJRE (optional)
In order to build the DocBook manuals of Kalypso, a 1.4.2 JRE named 'ManualJRE' must be defined under
- Menu Window->Preferences...
- Page: Java/Installed JREs
- Button Add...
- Page: Java/Installed JREs
Network connections (optional)
Do not forget to configure your network connections via
- Menu: Window->Preferences...
- Page General/Network connection
in order to use the help system or install additional eclipse features.
XML-Files (optional)
Define Kalypso specific file extensions as xml content via
- Menu: Window preferences...
- Page: Generel/Content types
- Entry: XML
- Page: Generel/Content types
Add the following extensions:
- .gml
- .gft
- .gmt
- .gtt
- .ott
- .odt
- .kod
- .sld
- .ort
- _others_?
You should do this right now, as changing anything here later will result in a complete rebuild of Kalypso.
