Tersus: Tersus Studio – Cross Platform (1.2.x)

Tersus Studio – Cross Platform (1.2.x)Date: Mar 5, 2009The cross platform installation method adds the Tersus Studio components to a working Eclipse (version 3.2 or higher) installation.Installing EclipseBefore installing the Tersus Studio components you should make sure you have the following components installed:

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.1 or higher (6 is recommended)
To install do the following:
Go to the Java SE Downloads page.
Scroll down to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6ux section.
Click the Download button to select the appropriate version for your platform.
Install the JRE as per the Installation Instructions. We shall refer to the JRE installation directory, as [JRE root].

Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.3.x
To install do the following:
Go to the eclipse project archived downloads page.
Click on the 3.3.x link in the Archived Releases section to switch to the Release Build: 3.3.x page.
Scroll down to the Platform Runtime Binary section.
Download the appropriate archive file for you platform (e.g. eclipse-platform-3.3.2-win32.zip for Windows).
The archive contains an eclipse sub directory. Extract this directory to a location of your choice. We shall reference this location as [Tersus Studio root].

Eclipse GEF Runtime 3.3.x
To install do the following:
Go to the gef project downloads page.
Click on the 3.3.x link in the Latest Releases section to expand it.
Click the Runtime link in the GEF + Draw2D section, to download the zip archive file found there (same file for all platforms, e.g. GEF-runtime-3.3.2.zip).
The archive contains an eclipse sub directory. Extract ("merge") it into [Tersus Studio root].

Verify that Eclipse is installed correctly, as follows:
Go to the command prompt.
Switch to the [Tersus Studio root] directory.
Run the eclipse executable (./eclipse in Linux, eclipse.exe in Windows).

Updating the JRE and Eclipse configurationsInstalling SMTP Mail Support

Download and install JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) 1.1.1, as follows:
Go to the download page.
Scroll down, click the Download button, and follow the instructions to accept the license and download the archive.
Once downloaded, extract the archive and copy jaf-1.1.1/activation.jar to [JRE root]/lib/ext.

Download and install JavaMail API 1.4.1, as follows:
Go to the download page.
Scroll down, click the Download button, and follow the instructions to accept the license and download the archive.
Once downloaded, extract the archive and copy javamail-1.4.1/mail.jar to [JRE root]/lib/ext.

Installing Image Conversion Support

Download and install Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) API, as follows:
Go to the download page.
Scroll down, to the CLASSPATH section, click the Download button, and follow the instructions to select your platform, accept the license and download the CLASSPATH install.
Once downloaded, extract the archive and copy the contents of the lib/ subdirectory (JARs and DLLs/SOs) to [JRE root]/lib/ext.

Changing Eclipse configuration settings

Add the following line to the file [Tersus Studio root]/configuration/config.ini using a text editor:
osgi.parentClassloader = ext (leave eof=eof as the last line).

Start Eclipse.

Select Window -> Preferences... to open the Preferences dialog.

In the General -> Workspace category, check the Refresh Automatically check box.

In the Install/Update category, check the Automatically select mirrors check box, and the compatible radio button in the Valid updates group.

In the Install/Update -> Automatic Updates category, check the Automatically find new updates and notify me check box.

Click the Preferences dialog OK button to save your changes.

Installing Tersus Studio in EclipseOnline Installation Procedure

Start Eclipse.

Select Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install ... to open Install/Update wizard.

In the Feature Updates step, select the Search for new features to install option and click Next >.

In the Updates sites to visit step, click the New Remote Site... button, enter http://updates.tersus.com/1.x as the new update site's Name and URL, and click OK.

Check the box next to the site you have just added and click Finish to search the update site.

In the Search Results step, check the http://updates.tersus.com/1.x branch, and click Finish.

Follow the instructions given to you in order to download and install the updates. Note that while installing, one or more Feature Verification warnings will be displayed, in response to which, you may safely click the Install button.

When the installation is complete, restart the workbench (Eclipse) as prompted.

When restart is complete, switch to the Tersus Modeling perspective (through Window -> Open Perspective -> Other ...) to verify that the installation has been successful.

Offline Installation ProcedureThe procedure is similar to the online procedure, except that you should download the update site as an archive (through the Zipped downloads link), and in step 4, add a New Archived Site ... pointing to the downloaded file.Installing Tersus Tutorial Sample ApplicationsThe Tersus Studio includes an online step-by-step tutorial. It is available through Help -> Help Contents, see here for more details.The tutorial sample applications discussed in the tutorial, can be downloaded here.See step 2 of the tutorial for details on how to import the samples.See Also:

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