[kepler-users] Query regarding JDK requirement

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Harini,
See
http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4191

"Kepler fails to build under Eclipse because of apple-extension"

_Christopher

hriyer at ncsu.edu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using Windows. No, eclipse gives me a lot of errors. I have not yet
> run the program because of the compilation errors that I am getting
> because of the unidentified packages. However kepler starts from the
> cygwin bash when i give an ant run.
> 
> Thanks,
> Harini
> 
>> Hi fHarini,
>> Is your platform Windows or the Mac?
>> Does Kepler start up for you from within Eclipse?
>>
>> I've not actually tried the hello-world tutorial, maybe one of
>> the original authors of the tutorial can jump in?
>>
>> _Christopher
>>
>>
>> hriyer at ncsu.edu wrote:
>>> Hi Christopher,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the prompt reply. I am new to kepler and I have just
>>> started. What I am trying to do is build a workflow and I realised that
>>> it
>>> is a good idea to get the kepler build with eclipse. I followed the
>>> instructions on
>>>
>>> https://kepler-project.org/developers/reference/kepler-and-eclipse
>>>
>>> and after that tried to go through the tutorial to create a hello-world
>>> actor given in
>>>
>>> https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/build/developing-a-hello-world-actor-using-the-kepler-build-system-and-eclipse/
>>>
>>> So, there are a lot of problems I am facing like the absence of
>>> LimitedFiringSource and many other eclipse errors. In fact I could
>>> create
>>> a module for hello-world as mentioned till step 2 of the tutorial, but
>>> somehow the module does not get loaded in the eclipse workspace by
>>> importing. I am sure I am missing out on something. I would be really
>>> glad
>>> if you would kindly guide me through this.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Harini
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Harini,
>>>> JDK5 is not a strict requirement for the devel version of
>>>> Kepler.  To get the devel version see
>>>> https://kepler-project.org/developers/get-kepler-code
>>>>
>>>> JDK5 is the same as Java 1.5, JDK6 is the same as Java 1.6.
>>>> For discussion about Java 1.5 and 1.6, see
>>>> https://kepler-project.org/developers/kepler-development-forum/build-and-release-team/496635000
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if JDK 6 will work with Kepler-1.0.0 though.
>>>> There might be version problems with the SQL driver in Kepler-1.0.0.
>>>>
>>>> Note that Java 6 has problems running Eclipse on the Mac.
>>>> See http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptexternal/wiki/Main/Mac#Eclipse1_6
>>>> This may have changed with last weeks Java update from Apple.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ptolemy.actor.lib.LimitedFiringSource was created on 2007-07-11.
>>>>
>>>> The version of Kepler-1.0.0 that I have has LimitedFiringSource in
>>>> kepler.jar:
>>>>
>>>> jar -tvf kepler.jar | grep Limited
>>>>    2114 Tue Apr 29 15:56:52 PDT 2008
>>>> ptolemy/actor/lib/LimitedFiringSource.class
>>>>    6316 Tue Apr 29 15:57:02 PDT 2008
>>>> ptolemy/actor/lib/LimitedFiringSource.java
>>>>
>>>> Are you building from the kepler subversion repository or from
>>>> Kepler-1.0.0?
>>>>
>>>> _Christopher
>>>>
>>>> hriyer at ncsu.edu wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is JDK5 a strict requirement? I have JDK 6 installed, will that be a
>>>>> problem? Also, I am trying to follow the setup instructions, and I
>>>>> tried
>>>>> to create a Hello World actor exactly as it says, but I have run into
>>>>> many
>>>>> problems. It seems that there many packages that are missing in my
>>>>> workspace. For example, class LimitedFiringSource is missing too. How
>>>>> do
>>>>> I
>>>>> go about it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Harini
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>>>> --
>>>> Christopher Brooks (cxh at eecs berkeley edu) University of California
>>>> CHESS Executive Director                      US Mail: 337 Cory Hall
>>>> Programmer/Analyst CHESS/Ptolemy/Trust        Berkeley, CA 94720-1774
>>>> ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2718	      (Office: 545Q Cory)
>>>> home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 (W-F) 510.655.5480
>>>>
>> --
>> Christopher Brooks (cxh at eecs berkeley edu) University of California
>> CHESS Executive Director                      US Mail: 337 Cory Hall
>> Programmer/Analyst CHESS/Ptolemy/Trust        Berkeley, CA 94720-1774
>> ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2718	      (Office: 545Q Cory)
>> home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 (W-F) 510.655.5480
>>
> 

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Christopher Brooks (cxh at eecs berkeley edu) University of California
CHESS Executive Director                      US Mail: 337 Cory Hall
Programmer/Analyst CHESS/Ptolemy/Trust        Berkeley, CA 94720-1774
ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2718	      (Office: 545Q Cory)
home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 (W-F) 510.655.5480