Tersus: Tersus Studio – Cross Platform (eclipse 3.4)

Tersus Studio – Cross Platform (eclipse 3.4)Date: Oct 15, 2019The cross platform installation method adds the Tersus Studio components to a working Eclipse 3.4 installation.Installing EclipseBefore installing the Tersus Studio components you should make sure you have the following components installed:

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6*
To install do the following:
Go to the Java SE Downloads page.
Scroll down to the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 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].
* Note: If you're installing on Mac OS/X, install JRE 5 instead.

Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.4.x
To install do the following:
Go to the eclipse project downloads page.
Click on the 3.4.x link in the Latest Releases section to switch to the Release Build: 3.4.x page.
Click on the Platform Runtime Binary tab on the left side of the screen to scroll to the Platform Runtime Binary section.
Download the appropriate archive file for you platform (e.g. eclipse-platform-3.4.2-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 3.4.x
To install do the following:
Go to the gef project downloads page.
Scroll to the 3.4.x section of the Latest Releases.
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-3.4.2.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 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.

If you're using JRE version 5, 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.

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, execute or extract it 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 end of the file [Tersus Studio root]/configuration/config.ini using a text editor:
osgi.parentClassloader = ext

Start Eclipse.

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

In the General -> Workspace category, clear the Build automatically check box, and check the Refresh Automatically check box.

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 to open the Software Updates and Add-ons dialog.

Switch to the Available Software tab, and clear the Include items that have already been installed check box (at the bottom).

Click the Add Site... button, enter the stable update site url, http://updates.tersus.com/1.x as the Location:, and click OK.
Note: If you wish to install the latest version, enter http://updates.tersus.com/latestinstead.

Find the new site in list of sites, expand it, and when the Tersus check box appears check it.

Click the Install... button to start the download and installation procedure.

When the Install step of the wizard appears (which may take some time depending on your eclipse configuration, and network connection), verify that the tersus feature is checked, and click Next >.

In the Review Licenses step, click the I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish.

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 (the Tersus Studio - Cross Platform download link in the Downloads page), and in step 4, instead of entering the Location, click the Archive... button and point 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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