Fully hand-held tutorial on setting up the Java environment to a usable state as quickly as possible. Only knowledge of using the terminal is expected. This tutorial will be completely self-contained (excluding links to downloads).

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sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-doc openjdk-17-source

Gradle

We are currently on Gradle 7. We will install it manually for ease of understanding. The official guide is here for reference. (Aside: we do not use the Gradle Wrapper)

• Download the latest Gradle 7 distribution (7.4.2 as of writing).
  • Choose the "complete" version.
  • Remember where you downloaded it.

• Unpack Gradle (the following are excerpted from the gradle website)

  • cd into the directory where you downloaded Gradle. Then

    
    

    Excerpt
    Unzip the distribution zip file in the directory of your choosing, e.g.: Code Block $ mkdir /opt/gradle $ unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-7.4.2-all.zip

• Add to path

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  In File Explorer right-click on the This PC (or Computer) icon, then click Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environmental Variables. Under System Variables select Path, then click Edit. Add an entry for C:\Gradle\gradle-7.4.2\bin. Click OK to save.

• Verify installation

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  Open a console (or a Windows command prompt) and run gradle -v to run gradle and display the version, e.g.: Code Block $ gradle -v ------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 7.4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------

• Configure for IHMC software
  • excerpt from Gradle#Installation
  • create gradle.properties file in C:/Users/user/.gradle/gradle.properties
  • Copy/paste

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    org.gradle.java.home=C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-17.0.3.1 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g

IDE

Windows

Git

• Install Git. Use the 64-bit standalone installer
  • https://git-scm.com/download/win

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• Download the latest Gradle 7 distribution (7.4.2 as of writing).
  • Choose the complete version.
  • Remember where you downloaded it.

• Unpack Gradle (the following are excerpted from the gradle website)

  Excerpt
  Create a new directory C:\Gradle with File Explorer. Open a second File Explorer window and go to the directory where the Gradle distribution was downloaded. Double-click the ZIP archive to expose the content. Drag the content folder gradle-7.4.2 to your newly created C:\Gradle folder.

• Add to path

  Excerpt
  In File Explorer right-click on the This PC (or Computer) icon, then click Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environmental Variables. Under System Variables select Path, then click Edit. Add an entry for C:\Gradle\gradle-7.4.2\bin. Click OK to save.

• Verify installation

  Excerpt
  Open a console (or a Windows command prompt) and run gradle -v to run gradle and display the version, e.g.: Code Block $ gradle -v ------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 7.4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------

• Configure for IHMC software
  • excerpt from Gradle#Installation
  • create gradle.properties file in C:/Users/user/.gradle/gradle.properties
  • Copy/paste

  • Code Block
    org.gradle.java.home=C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-17.0.3.1 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g

Import Repositories

Don't forget the long paths thing

IDE

Choose your favorite IDE. I like intellij because it was the first IDE I arbitrarily chose to use.

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