Revision as of 17:50, 11 June 2013

Introduction

Sharcnet provides a module for the base Eclipse SDK available from the Eclipse Classic 4.2.2 package. Once the module is loaded and the eclipse gui is up and running, users can easily install any of the available add-on packages shown in the left hand column ofhttp://www.eclipse.org/downloads/compare.php as explained in the Example section below for the purpose of customizing eclipse to their precise programming needs.

Version Selection

module load eclipse/4.2.2

Job Submission

Not applicable.

Example Job

Not applicable.

General Notes

Preparation (first time use only)

1) mkdir -p /work/$USER/eclipse/.eclipse
2) mkdir -p /work/$USER/eclipse/workspace
3) ln -s /work/$USER/eclipse/.eclipse ~/.eclipse
4) ln -s /work/$USER/eclipse/workspace workspace

Running Eclipse (on a devel node)

1) ssh -Y orca.sharcnet.ca
2) ssh -Y orc-dev1
3) module load eclipse 
4) eclipse

Installing Packages (on iqaluk)

This is an example of installing two packages into eclipse for fortran programming. Many other packages are possible. Since the repository connections is external to the sharcnet network the package installation must be done on iqaluk or a viz station. However once the required addon packages are installed, they are available on any other system since they reside in your ~/.eclipse directory.

1) ssh -Y iqaluk.sharcnet.ca
2) module load eclipse
3) eclipse (start workbench)
4) Select a workspace --> /home/myusername/workspace  --> click OK
5) click Help on top pull down menu --> click Install New Software -->
Work with: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/ --> click Add -->
Name:  juno422, Location: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/ --> click Ok -->
From the Available Software menu Click Programming Languages pulldown then tick Check boxes for -->
"Linux Intel Compiler Support" and "Fortran Development Tools" --> click Next --> click Next -->
Review license agreement and click Agree --> click Yes to restart eclipse for changes to take place.

References

o Eclipse Homepage
http://www.eclipse.org/

o Download Area (Eclipse Classic 4.2.2)
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

o How To Combine Packages and Compare Packages
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/compare.php