Installing eclipse 3.3 on Gentoo

Posted on July 14, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Today was the day to get eclipse going on Gentoo. I downloaded the latest version (3.3) and dropped it into /opt/eclipse.

I fired it up and got:

# ./eclipse
* run-java-tool is not available for sun-jdk-1.6 on i686
* IMPORTANT: some Java tools are not available on some VMs on some architectures

so, clearly it did not like my java.

I know my java is good:

# java-config -L
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
2) Sun JDK 1.4.2.13 [sun-jdk-1.4]
3) Sun JDK 1.5.0.10 [sun-jdk-1.5]
*) Sun JDK 1.6.0 [sun-jdk-1.6]

Looking around, I found the following:

Java on Gentoo uses /usr/bin/run-java-tool instead of /usr/bin/java (which links to run-java-tool)

the trick is to edit /usr/bin/run-java-tool

after:

tool=$(basename $0)

add

[[ $tool = “run-java-tool” ]] && tool=”java”

then eclipse started perfectly.

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Getting ready for eclipse on Gentoo

Posted on July 12, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Getting ready for eclipse 3.3 on Gentoo, I first need to get my system configured to use a more recent version of Java instead of the default 1.4.

Here is a site dedicated to gentoo java: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/

the first thing to do is emerge java


get rid of old versions
# emerge -C java-config
add the newest
# emerge -uND java-config

to see what versions are installed, do:

# java-config --list-available-vms
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
2) Blackdown JRE 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jre-1.4.2]
3) Blackdown 32bit JRE 1.4.2.03 [emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2]
4) Sun 32bit JRE 1.5.0.08 [emul-linux-x86-java-1.5]
5) Kaffe 1.1.7 [kaffe]
*) Sun JDK 1.5.0.08 [sun-jdk-1.5]

to change the jvm, do:

(By handle (preferred))
# java-config --set-system-vm blackdown-jdk-1.4
Now using blackdown-jdk-1.4 as your generation-2 system JVM
(By number)
# java-config --set-system-vm 6
Now using sun-jdk-1.5 as your generation-2 system JVM

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moving to linux

Posted on July 9, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Well, I finally made the decision to move to Linux from Windows XP.

I have decided upon using Gentoo as my platform of choice.  Gentoo seems to be the most cutting edge, as it supports installations via compiling everything from source, which gives me the ultimate in flexibility.

The only downside is that it takes a long time to get stuff installed.

More soon…

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Eclipse mylyn mantis integration

Posted on June 10, 2007 by andy dingfelder

I set up mantis connect today on our server…

it was very easy: just drop the “mc” directory from the archive (and it’s subdirectory) to the Mantis root directory.

do not use the distribution from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisconnect as it does not work.

To test if MantisConnect works, you should be able to issue this command in a browser. It will pull up a list of all the SOAP commands supported:

http://domain.com/path_to_mantis/mc/mantisconnect.php

Instead, use the downloads on: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=189858

a wiki is available at:

http://mylyn-mantis.wiki.sourceforge.net/

Then to get the client plugin working, use the eclipse update site: http://www.digital-d.at/eclipse/update

Note: You must have mylyn working first.

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first thoughts about eclipse 3.3

Posted on May 29, 2007 by andy dingfelder

After my first full week of using Eclipse (having moved away from JBuilder) I thought I would list some of my thoughts:

  • The visual editor sucks.  Jbuilder 2005/6 and Netbeans have eclipse beat here.  I hope this area improves soon.
  • The spell checker finds spelling mistakes, but right clicking the error does not give an “add to dictionary” option.
  • Eclipse feels much faster than Jbuilder 2005, and eclipse 3.2.
  • It is great to be able to do C++ (CDT) and java in the same IDE.
  • Mylyn (formerly Mylar) rocks.  I am able to interact with tasks while developing, a big time saver.  For example, if there is an error in the ide log, you can right click it and add n eclipse bugzilla defect on the fly.

I still need to get Mantis defect tracking set up with Mylyn.

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abandoning jbuilder, going to eclipse

Posted on May 25, 2007 by andy dingfelder

With a heavy heart, I am now offficially abandoning JBuilder, and moving to Eclipse.

I will spend the next month playing with Eclipse 3.3 while it is in the final stages prior to release.  I am currently using 3.3m3

The basic problem I had is that the base functionality I need did not work out of the box, and Borland support was not able to help me.  I’m sure that if I paid for a support contract they could have spend the time resolving my issues, but I am not willing to take the gamble and pony up > 1000$ for a product when I am not sure it will meet my needs.

If and when JBuilder quality improves again, I may give it a try again but for the moment, I am sticking with Eclipse.

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what is going on here

Posted on May 25, 2007 by andy dingfelder

after reporting my issues connecting to xplanner from jbuilder (adding a task repository) I got an email from codegear support.

The support tech (Chee Wee Chua) told me:

From the main menu, access Window, Preferences, Team, CVS, Proxy Settings.
Set the proxy connection, username and passsword there.

Let me know if this resolves the issue.

Thank you.

hmmm… interesting.
why is Jbuilder using the proxy info from CVS when Eclipse has the proxy configuration in a different area itself?

I sent him back a note:

I do not have CVS enabled, as we use SVN here instead.

Is the mylar code really using this proxy setting instead of the normal proxy settings?:

for normal eclipse it is set under:
window/preferences/internet/proxy settings

Thoughts?

I suspect he does not know what CVS or SVN is 🙂

He responded back with:

Hi Andy,

Normal Eclipse proxy settings doesn’t allow you to enter proxy user and authentication password.
Please let me know if the following resolves your issue.

Thanks.

so I responded:

The normal eclipse proxy screen has the following info:

proxy host
proxy port
non-proxy-hostnames
use socks y/n
enable proxy authentication y/n
proxy username
proxy password

See the attached screenshot for reference

Also, note that our proxy here does not use a username or password.

His response the next day was:

Hi Andy,

I have asked R&D for guidance.

In the meantime, it looks to me like your issue goes beyond simple installation and registration support.
I realize you’re currently using JBuilder 2007 Ent Trial and I would like to note that your issue is not covered under installation and registration support.

Best Regards,

Chua, Chee Wee

I never heard back from him.

so, I gave up on XPlanner.

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xplanner issues connecting

Posted on May 10, 2007 by andy dingfelder

When I try and create a task repository using xplanner from the IDE, and enter what I think is a valid url, name and pwd, I get the followin g error msg:

The supplied credentials are invalid

nested exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Connection reset

The only field I do not know what to enter is: “Label:”

The error occurrs whether I have a label or not though, so I don’t think that is it.

Where can I get a better error message to debug what is going on?

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project assist stacks

Posted on May 5, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Because of install issues with projectAssist (it would not successfully install bugzilla or xplanner) I manually installed all the components, including:

  • Tomcat 5.5.23
  • Apache 2.2.4
  • Mysql 5.0.37
  • Perl 5.8.8.817 (ActiveState)
  • Liferay 4.2.1
  • Continuum 1.0.3
  • Xplanner 0.7b
  • Bugzilla 3.0
  • Subversion 1.4.3

All of the separate components are working beautifully under Windows 2000.

When I try and run the projectAssist wizard, it detects bugzilla, continuum & xplanner, but does not detect liferay or subversion

It then complains that does not like the fact that I have already installed apache.

Why does it need it’s own apache? I assume it is because it did not find liferay and/or subversion?

I have installed all the stack components, so it should not have any installing to do, just connect to the pre-existing components and configure users and projects etc.

Thoughts?

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ProjectAssist Installation Errors (part 4)

Posted on April 12, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Because of install issues with ProjectAssist (it would not successfully install Bugzilla or Xplanner) I manually installed all the components, including:

  1. Tomcat 5.5.23
  2. Apache 2.2.4
  3. Mysql 5.0.37
  4. Perl 5.8.8.817 (ActiveState)
  5. Liferay 4.2.1
  6. Continuum 1.0.3
  7. Xplanner 0.7b
  8. Bugzilla 3.0
  9. Subversion 1.4.3

All of the separate components are working beautifully under Windows 2000.

I have installed all the stack components, so it should not have any installing to do, just connect to the pre-existing components and configure users and projects etc.

When I try and run the ProjectAssist wizard though it detects Bugzilla, Continuum & Xplanner, but does not detect Liferay or subversion.

It then complains that does not like the fact that I have already installed Apache.

Why does it need it’s own Apache?

I assume it is because it did not find Liferay and/or subversion? Liferay runs under tomcat, so it would need Apache, I assume that is the cause. As to why ProjectAssist did not find my installation of Liferay, I can not determine that answer, since the install log does not gave any errors about Liferay. When I installed it, I did so according to the Liferay docs, following their defaults. I can only assume that the way CodeGear configured their version is different and they are expecting it to be installed in a non-default location.

Subversion was also installed in the default location, so it should have been found.

So all my stack components are working after a manual installation, but ProjectAssist itself is still not working.

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