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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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  • 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)

    • Open a terminal

    • cd into the directory where you downloaded Gradle. Then

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    • Unzip the distribution zip file in the directory of your choosing, e.g.:
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    $ sudo mkdir /opt/gradle
    $ sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-7.4.2-all.zip
  • Add to path

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    $ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gradle/gradle-7.4.2/bin' >> ~/.bashrc 
  • 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.:
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    $ gradle -v
    
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    Gradle 7.4.2
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  • Configure for IHMC software

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      MultiExcerptNamegradle.properties home location
      PageWithExcerptGradle
    • Copy paste the following lines into the file
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      MultiExcerptNamegradle.properties ubuntu example
      PageWithExcerptGradle

Import Repositories

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PageWithExcerptGeneral Development Environment Setup Guide


IDE

This guide currently only contains instructions for IntelliJ. We are working on Eclipse.

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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)

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    • 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

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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
    • Multiexcerpt include
      MultiExcerptNamegradle.properties home location
      PageWithExcerptGradle
    • Copy paste the following lines into the file
    • Multiexcerpt include
      MultiExcerptNamegradle.properties windows example
      PageWithExcerptGradle

Import Repositories

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Multiexcerpt include
MultiExcerptNameRepo group structure
PageWithExcerptGeneral Development Environment Setup Guide


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We will be cloning repositories from the command line. 

Open a terminal and cd to a directory where you want to hold your files. The directory is arbitrary, but you will need to remember it. Run

Your folder structure should now match the above.


Long Paths


IDE

This guide currently only contains instructions for IntelliJ. We are working on Eclipse.

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