Installing IVI

Installing IVI from Binary Release

If your platform and OS are supported, Installing IVI from Eclipse installer packages is the simplest approach. Download the installers from the IVI download page

With IVI 1.0.1, you will want the following files:

- net.sourceforge.ivi.<platform>_installer_1.0.1.jar
- net.sourceforge.ivi.cver.<platform>_installer_1.0.1.jar
- net.sourceforge.ivi.cver.tools.<platform>_installer_1.0.1.jar

You will also need an Eclipse runtime or SDK. Please use a recent 3.1 release of Eclipse. I am currently doing development with Eclipse 3.1M7, so you will probably have the fewest issues with that version.

This section will be expanded later. Here are quick instructions on installing the binaries. If you encounter difficulties, please send email to the mailing list.

Select the Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install menu item
Select "Search for new features to install" in the wizard and click "Next"
Click 'New Archived Site' and add all the 'installer' jars
Ensure that the 'installer' jars are selected (checked) and click "Next"
All three features (net.sourceforge.ivi, net.sourceforge.ivi.cver, and net.sourceforge.ivi.cver.tools) should appear in the list. Ensure all three features are selected (checked). Click "Next"
Agree to IVI's license, then click "Next", then click "Finish"
Dialog boxes will prompt you to "Install" each feature. Click "Install"
Allow restarting of the workbench, when prompted.

You now have IVI installed...

Installing IVI from Source

Most users will not need to install from source if they use the Windows or Linux operating systems on x86. If you are doing development on IVI or use a different OS or architecture, you will need to install from source.

Prerequisites

To build IVI from source, you will need to download the following IVI source from the download page:

    - ivi-<version>-src.tar.gz
    - ivi_cver-<version>-src.tar.gz

You will also need the following tools:

javacc - https://javacc.dev.java.net
Java JDK - http://java.sun.com
Eclipse 3.x Platform Runtime - http://eclipse.org

Apache ANT - http://ant.apache.org

Windows Development Environment

IVI supports the Mingw development toolchain (see http://mingw.org). Before attempting to install IVI from source on the Windows platform, please install Mingw.

After Mingw is installed, building IVI on Windows is identical to installing IVI on any other platform.

Building IVI Core

Unpack ivi-<version>-src.tar.gz
Create a build directory (bld_ivi-<version>). 'cd' to this directory
run 'ant -f <ivi_srcdir>/configure.xml' with the following switches
- -Dwith-eclipse=<path_to_eclipse>
- -Dwith-prefix=<path_to_eclipse>
- -Dwith-javacc_home=<path_to_javacc>
run 'ant'
run 'ant install'

IVI is now installed in your Eclipse tree

Building IVI Cver

Unpack ivi_cver-<version>-src.tar.gz
Create a build directory (bld_ivi-cver-<version>). 'cd' to this directory
run 'ant -f <ivi_cver_srcdir>/configure.xml' with the following switches
- -Dwith-eclipse=<path_to_eclipse>
- -Dwith-prefix=<path_to_eclipse>
run 'ant'
run 'ant install'

IVI cver is now installed in your Eclipse tree


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