RoboCup Eclipse HOWTO

From GT RoboJackets

Getting Eclipse

You should get eclipse from the eclipse website Eclipse Download Page, and select the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Linux Developers (includes Incubating components) version. DO NOT use the version of Eclipse on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu repositories, it is out of date.

While you do not want to use the Eclipse version from the repository, you will need to get a copy of Sun java on your system, which you can do with Synaptic or Apt:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre

If you're running Ubuntu 10.04 or later, you'll need to add a new source to your repository for the above command to work:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"

Update your repository list and apt-get will work:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre

Now that you've downloaded eclipse, you can install it by unzipping the file you downloaded into your home folder. To run start eclipse, run the executable called "eclipse" inside the folder you just created. You can make a shortcut to launch eclipse from a toolbar to make launching easier, as well.

Importing RoboCup Project

If you didn't check out using eclipse and used command-line git, you can import the existing project directly. After opening eclipse, File->Import->General->Existing Projects Into Workspace. Set the root folder of the project to your [robocup]/software, and there should be a "RoboCup" project there. Select the project and continue to import it. If you do not see references to git in the name of the project under "Project Explorer" then right-click on the project and select team->Share Project->Git->Existing Git Repository to tell eclipse to treat the project as a git project.