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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).

This guide contains some links to some internal pages; these links are not necessary for setting up the environment and only exist as additional assistance for IHMC personnel and others with access.

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For more detailed tutorials, see General Development Environment Setup Guide


The general steps are:

  • Install Java
  • Install Gradle
  • Import Repositories
  • Install and configure IDE


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Ubuntu

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Curl

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Curl is a package manager that we will use to install some software. To install it, open a terminal and run:

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Configure for IHMC software

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Import Repositories

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IDE

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

Eclipse

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Full guide: Eclipse IDE

Intellij

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Full guide: IntelliJ IDEA

  • Download IntelliJ Community. 
    • https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=linux
    • Open a terminal and cd into the folder where you downloaded the tar file

    • Extract the file and move it to /opt/. (If you already downloaded from the link above, there is no need to run curl). Replace the names appropriately based on the version you download.

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Network Parameters

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This step is necessary if you are working on high-level behaviors, but not necessary to run the simulations.

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Windows

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Git

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Gradle

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We are currently on use 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)

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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-7X.4X.2 Xto 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-7X.4X.2X\bin. Click OK to save.
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Import Repositories

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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.

First, consider a name for your repository group. "repos" works if you only need one workspace. That name will referred to as <repo-name> below.

Run the following:

Your folder structure should now match the above.what is shown in the next section.

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Long Paths

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Long paths needs to be configured on Windows for our repositories.

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IDE

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

Eclipse

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Full guide: Eclipse IDE

Intellij

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  • Download IntelliJ Community. Choose the .exe for convenience
  • Now you will need to configure IntelliJ to the Java environment you installed.
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Network Parameters

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This step is necessary if you are working on high-level behaviors, but not necessary to run the simulations.

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