Installing GW4E on top of Eclipse
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Prerequisites

  • Install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, if not already installed
  • Install Maven, if not already installed
  • Add M2_REPO Eclipse Variable
    • Launch Eclipse IDE
    • Select Window > Preferences (Windows,Linux) or Eclipse > Preferences (Mac OS)
    • Select Java > Build Path > Classpath Variables
    • Click on the New button > defined a new M2_REPO variable and point it to your local Maven repository
    • You’re done.
  • Install GraphWalker in your local maven repository, if not already installed
    • Download the GraphWalker client library in a directory
    • In a shell, run the following command :
      • mvn install:install-file -Dfile=YOUR_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION/graphwalker-cli-4.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -DgroupId=org.graphwalker -DartifactId=graphwalker-cli -Dversion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpackaging=jar
  • Install Repositories for GW4E dependencies
    • Launch Eclipse IDE
    • Click Help -> Install new Software
    • Click Manage button
    • Install Xtext
      • Click Add button
      • Enter XText in the Name field
      • Enter http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/composite/releases/ in the Location field
      • Click OK button
    • Install GEF
      • Click Add button
      • Enter Gef in the Name field
      • Enter http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/releases in the Location field
      • Click OK button
    • Click Cancel

Installation

  • Make sure you’ve followed the prerequisites
  • Use one of the 2 following options to install GW4E
    • Option 1 - Installing GW4E with the Eclipse MarketPlace Option
    • Option 2 - Installing GW4E with the Standard Option

Option 1 - Installing GW4E with the Eclipse MarketPlace Option

Drag the Install button to your running Eclipse workspace and follow the wizard.

Drag to your running Eclipse workspace.

Option 2 - Installing GW4E with the Standard Option

  1. Launch Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers , if not already running
  2. In the main menu, click on the Help -> “Install New Software…“,
  3. Click the Add button
  4. Enter GW4E in the Name field
  5. Enter https://github.com/gw4e/gw4e.project/raw/p2repo-4.0.0/repository in the Location field
  6. Check the GraphWalker Integration for Eclipse check box
  7. Click Next (processing might take a while)
  8. Click Next , select GraphWalker Integration for Eclipse and read the details
  9. Follow the wizard until you get GW4E installed.
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