[kepler-dev] Reg. ptolemy Jar files

[Matt Jones]

In addition to everything Christopher said, one of the reasons why we 
don't use the ptolemy jar files directly is that we compile and replace 
some of the ptolemy classes with modified versions that are maintained 
in the Kepler tree.  As a consequence, we have to both compile and build 
the ptolemy jar files ourselves.

The Eclipse instructions for Kepler are here if you want:
http://kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=UsingEclipseForKeplerDevelopment
If you have success with Eclipse, we would like to know what should be 
updated in the instructions if anything.

If you want to do a demo of the most recent release, by far the easiest 
thing is to use the nightly build snapshots.  However, you need to be 
sure that the build was successful first.  So, check the nightly build 
log (http://kepler-project.org/nightly/today.html), and then if it was a 
successfult build, download the zip file here:
    http://kepler-project.org/nightly/zip/

Matt

Christopher Brooks wrote:
> Hi Sivagowri,
> 
> To build ptolemy for kepler, you need to run
>   cd $KEPLER
>   ant ptolemy
> 
> To build ptolemy in Eclipse, see
>   http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptexternal/nightly/doc/coding/eclipse.htm
> Basically, you should be able to copy 
>   $PTII/.classpath.in to .classpath.default
> or
>   Install cygwin and run configure.
> 
> There are probably Eclipse instructions for Kepler
> on the Kepler site, I did not look.
> 
> 
>>My question is, cant we not just get the jar files of ptolemy from CVS or 
>>some other source, instead of building from scratch?
> 
> 
> You could try one of the prebuilt kepler builds.
> 
> As to checking in jar files, in principle this could be done, but it
> would consume time to set up and disk space.  It is better for
> people to use the snapshots, which are more likely to actually work.
> 
> To me, the problem is that I want to run the latest version
> of both Kepler and Ptolemy, so prebuilt Ptolemy jar files would
> not help.
> 
> 
>>   1.should I have to install java3d and quicktime?
> 
> 
> No, you need not install these. 
> 
> When building Ptolemy, configure should have properly excluded 
> the ptolemy.domains.gr directory if Java3D was not found.  If
> quicktime is not found, then ptolemy.domains.gr.lib.quicktime
> gets excluded.  I'll take a look.
> 
> Use the regular Eclipse way of excluding files and directories
> from the classpath
> 
> For Kepler, the easiest thing is to run
>     ant ptolemy
>  
> 
>>   2. I got all the remaining jars in ptii\lib directory but not ptolemy.jar 
>>   and ptolemy-doc.jar is there any way I could make it to build?
> 
> 
> The Kepler ant build copies files and then jars them, which I find
> very slow.  It would be a really nice if there was an easy way to use Kepler
> with a Ptolemy tree without build the jar files.  I've hacked up the
> ant build files to do this, but had various problems with classpaths
> so not checked in my changes.
> 
> So, if you want to build Kepler, you need to run
>     ant ptolemy
> 
> _Christopher
> 
> Christopher Brooks (cxh at eecs berkeley edu) University of California
> Programmer/Analyst Chess/Ptolemy/Trust        US Mail: 558 Cory Hall #1770
> ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2739	      Berkeley, CA 94720-1770
> home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 (W-F) 510.655.5480  (office: 400A Cory)
> 
> 
> --------
> 
>     Hi all
>     
>     I am trying to set up the kepler development environment in my machine at 
>     home.(windows XP)
>     I noticed that you need Ptolemy jar files in the eclipse environment for 
>     kepler to build. I downloaded ptolemy from CVS and found that there is no 
>     .classpath.default file at all.
>     Without losing hope, I installed cygwin (after 2-3 tries) and typed
>     ./configure
>     
>     It produced 2 errors relating to java 3D and java Quicktime installations.
>     I am not using eclipse, as it produced too much errors.
>     
>     My question is, cant we not just get the jar files of ptolemy from CVS or 
>     some other source, instead of building from scratch?
>     
>     1.should I have to install java3d and quicktime?
>     2. I got all the remaining jars in ptii\lib directory but not ptolemy.jar 
>     and ptolemy-doc.jar is there any way I could make it to build?
>     
>     It would be really helpful for me if somebody could answer this email by 
>     tomorrow, as I have to show a demo on wednesday.
>     
>     Thanx
>     Siva
>     
>     
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