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This page is focused on a general style of help for users. Since there is an essentially infinite set of tool combinations to use, we will supply a guide for each tool, written by an IHMC developer who uses that tool. Some pages may be a work in progress.

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1. Pick an operating system
   Ubuntu - Free, most compatible with robots
   Windows - Requires setting up long paths, installing redistributables, and setting Git's autocrlf to 'input'.
   macOS - our software isn't currently fully compatible with macOS
2. Install all of the following: (follow installation guides in linked pages)
   
   1. Graphics driver. For Nvidia GPUs and SCS 1, the proprietary Nvidia driver is currently required.
      Otherwise you will get the error "Could not find GLX 1.3 config from peer info"
   2. Java
   3. Git - Setup your credentials. On Windows, make sure to set autocrlf to 'input'.
      It is recommended to install a GUI Client, like SmartGit.
      There is also a command line tool vcstool that can perform batch Git operations on groups of repositories.
   4. Gradle - Follow the "Installation" and "Configuration" sections.
      (This can be skipped if using the repository-group script later to install Gradle.)
3. Choose and install an IDE:
   Follow the "Installation" and "Configuration" sections in one of the following.
   Make sure to setup the IHMC code formatter.
   
   1. IntelliJ
      + More code navigation, refactoring, etc. tools
+ Gradle script editor
+ AI Assistant available in paid version
   2. Eclipse
+ Faster compilation, quicker to launch simulations
+ Fantastic multi-monitor support
- Gradle files only editable via plain text

4. Use Git to create a repository-group w/ IHMC Open Robotics Software


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   MultiExcerptName Repo group structure
   In your system home folder (or C:/ drive in Windows), create a repository-group. Option 1: Use repository-collections to clone a predefined set of repositories. If you are working on humanoids, use humanoids.repos . Option 2: Use Git to manually clone the repository group: Clone repository-group. You may name that repository-group folder something else, like "primary" or "secondary" which helps when you have more than one. Inside the repository-group folder, clone the repositories you need. See For just ihmc-open-robotics-software It should look like: repository-group ├── ihmc-open-robotics-software │ └── build.gradle │ └── gradle.properties │ └── settings.gradle ├── <other IHMC repositories as needed> ├── build.gradle ├── gradle.properties └── settings.gradle

   You may wish to clone more projects depending what you are working on. Atlas and Valkyrie simulations are included in Open Robotics Software but not their user interfaces.  Take a look at what repositories are available here: repository-collections

5. Use your IDE to import the code you cloned
   When you import a Gradle project, the IDE is analyzing the Java build structure that Gradle comes up with and copying that configuration into the IDE's data structures as if you had painstakingly configured a new Java project manually using the IDE's UI.
   Perform the Import directly on the repository-group folder or the repository-group/build.gradle.kts file.
   Follow the "Importing Gradle Projects" section of your IDE's page.
   
   1. IntelliJ IDEA#ImportingGradleProjects
   2. Eclipse IDE#ImportingGradleProjects

6. 


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   MultiExcerptName networkConfig for IHMC
   Setup network configuration Reserve an IP address if necessary. Reserve a DDS domain ID. Run NetworkParametersCreator.java and save it. Don't forget to set the RTPSSubnet. (i.e. RTPSSubnet=10.100.1.34/24)

   


7. To see if everything is working, run some sample simulations. For example SpringFlamingoSimulation.java or AtlasObstacleCourseDemo.java.

It's recommended to skim over the guides and try to understand a bit about how things are working:

• Software builds

• IHMC Build
Repository GroupREADMEs

• ihmc-build
• repository-group
• Operating systems
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows
  • macOS
• Version control
  • Git
  • vcstool - Batch Git operations on groups of repos on command line
  • SmartGit (install guide, license files) - Requires license, most feature complete Git GUI
  • /wiki/spaces/HOWTO/pages/14288008 - Fancy, nice to use, but can be sluggish
  • Eclipse EGit VCS Plugin - Not many features, buggy
• IDEs
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • Eclipse IDE
• Java
• Gradle

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