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Installation of Eclipse (Kepler) on MacOSX, with plugins for SCons, Git, GitHub, and Python
Installation of Eclipse (Kepler) on MacOSX, with plugins for SCons,
Git, GitHub, and Python
1. Install Eclipse
There exists an Eclipse plugin for SCons, called SConsolidator. As of January, 2014, this
plugin works only with the Kepler version of Eclipse. To download and install this version
of Eclipse, go to:
There exists an Eclipse plugin for SCons, called SConsolidator. As of
January, 2014, this plugin works only with the Kepler version of
Eclipse. To download and install this version of Eclipse, go to:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-cc-developers/keplersr1
......@@ -12,8 +13,9 @@ and download the MacOSX (Cocoa 64) version. The file should be called:
eclipse-cpp-kepler-SR1-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz
Unpack this somewhere in your own user space. I chose to install it directly underneath
my home directory, but of course you can install it where you like.
Unpack this somewhere in your own user space. I chose to install it
directly underneath my home directory, but of course you can install
it where you like.
$ cd
$ sudo tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/eclipse-cpp-kepler-SR1-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz
......@@ -22,22 +24,24 @@ Start up Eclipse from the command line with:
$ ~/eclipse/eclipse
You might also find it useful to add the Eclipse app to your dock, permanently, to make it
easier to start up in the future.
You might also find it useful to add the Eclipse app to your dock,
permanently, to make it easier to start up in the future.
When you start up Eclipse, you will get a window asking you to choose a workspace. The
default is usually /Users/****/Documents/workspace. This is fine, but you might want to
choose someplace else. Make sure to click the "Use this as the default ..." radio button
so that you won't get asked this every time.
When you start up Eclipse, you will get a window asking you to choose
a workspace. The default is usually /Users/****/Documents/workspace.
This is fine, but you might want to choose someplace else. Make sure
to click the "Use this as the default ..." radio button so that you
won't get asked this every time.
When Eclipse finally starts up, you can click on the "X" on the welcome page, and it
should take you to the Project Explorer page. This is the main view that you will
probably end up using most of the time.
When Eclipse finally starts up, you can click on the "X" on the
welcome page, and it should take you to the Project Explorer page.
This is the main view that you will probably end up using most of the
time.
2. Install the SConsolidator Plugin
In order for Eclipse to work with SCons, one has to install a plugin called SConsolidator.
To do this, do the following:
In order for Eclipse to work with SCons, one has to install a plugin
called SConsolidator. To do this, do the following:
a) Go to Help->Install New Software
b) In the Install window that comes up, in the "Work with" field, enter:
......@@ -45,31 +49,35 @@ b) In the Install window that comes up, in the "Work with" field, enter:
http://www.sconsolidator.com/update
and click on "Add..."
c) Specify the name as "SConsolidator"
d) Check the Eclipse Plug-In for SCons radio button, then hit Next> and follow the
installation through.
e) After the installation, Eclipse will need to be restarted, which it should do
automatically.
When Eclipse restarts, it will ask you about setting the path to SCons. Set this up now.
Check to see where SCons is installed by doing "which scons" from a terminal window.
For me, it is in /usr/local/bin/scons, and so I entered that for the path to the SCons
executable.
To change the SCons build options (at any time), you can go to Eclipse->Preferences, and
then expand the SCons tag, to reveal options for Build Settings, Performance vs. Accuracy,
and Warnings. In particular, if you want to build the standalone executables, you can add
'standalone=1' to the SCons Options in Build Settings.
c) Specify the name as "SConsolidator"
d) Check the Eclipse Plug-In for SCons radio button, then hit Next>
and follow the installation through.
e) After the installation, Eclipse will need to be restarted, which it
should do automatically.
When Eclipse restarts, it will ask you about setting the path to
SCons. Set this up now. Check to see where SCons is installed by
doing "which scons" from a terminal window. For me, it is in
/usr/local/bin/scons, and so I entered that for the path to the SCons
executable.
To change the SCons build options (at any time), you can go to
Eclipse->Preferences, and then expand the SCons tag, to reveal options
for Build Settings, Performance vs. Accuracy, and Warnings. In
particular, if you want to build the standalone executables, you can
add 'standalone=1' to the SCons Options in Build Settings.
3. Install PyDev for Python Support
PyDev includes a nice Python editor with appropriate syntax highlighting, as well as
providing the "mouse-over" documentation features of Eclipse for those things that
are written in Python - namely SCons.
PyDev includes a nice Python editor with appropriate syntax
highlighting, as well as providing the "mouse-over" documentation
features of Eclipse for those things that are written in Python -
namely SCons.
As of this writing, Eclipse Kepler does not play so nicely with PyDev-3.X, and so we
will install PyDev-2.X instead. The reason may be related to issues with Java 1.6 vs. 1.7,
in fact.
As of this writing, Eclipse Kepler does not play so nicely with
PyDev-3.X, and so we will install PyDev-2.X instead. The reason may
be related to issues with Java 1.6 vs. 1.7, in fact.
a) Go to Help->Install New Software
b) In the Install window that comes up, in the "Work with" field, enter:
......@@ -78,18 +86,19 @@ http://pydev.org/updates
and click on "Add..."
c) Specify the name as "PyDev" and hit return
d) IMPORTANT: Uncheck the radio button to show versions other than the latest version
in the bottom portion of this window.
d) IMPORTANT: Uncheck the radio button to show versions other than the
latest version in the bottom portion of this window.
e) Look for the PyDev for Eclipse Version 2.8.2, and check this radio button.
d) Proceed with the installation.
e) IMPORTANT: At some point it may ask you to allow a certain security certificate - you
actually have to check the radio button in the top part of the window and THEN accept the
certificate.
f) After the installation, Eclipse will need to be restarted, which it should do
automatically.
Restart Eclipse; you should now have access to PyDev. You should see it by going to
Eclipse->About Eclipse->Installation Details->Installed Software
e) IMPORTANT: At some point it may ask you to allow a certain security
certificate - you actually have to check the radio button in the top
part of the window and THEN accept the certificate.
f) After the installation, Eclipse will need to be restarted, which it
should do automatically.
Restart Eclipse; you should now have access to PyDev. You should see
it by going to Eclipse->About Eclipse->Installation Details->Installed
Software
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