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<td class="tablehead" colspan="2"><p class="label">Setting Up a Metacat Eclipse Project</p></td>
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<p> The following are the steps to download Eclipse, load the Metacat project and
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it's dependent projects, set up the environment, and run Metacat via Tomcat from
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within Eclipse.</p>
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<p> One note, these instructions are based on my development system, which is a Linux
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system. I rarely use
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apt-get install (debian) or yum install (fedora) to install supporting applications
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like Java, Tomcat and Apache. This is because I want a certain level of control
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over where these apps are installed, and I like to be able to install several
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versions side by side so I can switch back and forth in my development environment.</p>
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<p> My typical approach is to install the application in the /usr directory. Then I
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create a symlink from /usr/local to this install. Any environment variables reference
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this symlink, so I can easily modify the symlink to change the version of the
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application.</p>
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<p><div class="header3">Install Java (assuming it's not already installed):</div>
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<li>go to <a target="_blank" href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">Java Download Site</a>.</li>
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<li>download the Java SE Development Kit for your platform (I use the regular .bin file, not the
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rpm.bin).</li>
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<li>make the java usr directory: <code>sudo mkdir /usr/java</code></li>
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<li>move the jdk .bin file you downloaded into the java user dir:
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<code>sudo mv jdk-6u19-linux-i586.bin /usr/java</code></li>
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<li>make bin file executable: <code>sudo chmod +x jdk-6u19-linux-i586.bin</code></li>
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<li>run the bin file: <code>sudo ./jdk-6u19-linux-i586.bin</code></li>
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<li>create java symlink in /usr/local: <code>ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.19/ /usr/local/java</code>
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<li>add the following lines to /etc/profile (again, this is my preference):<br>
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<code> JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java</code><br>
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<code> PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH</code><br>
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<code> export PATH JAVA_HOME</code>
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<p><div class="header3">Install Tomcat (assuming it's not already installed):</div>
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<li>go to <a target="_blank" href="http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi">Tomcat Download Site</a>.</li>
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<li>download the binary core tar.gz file.</li>
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<li>make the tomcat usr directory: <code>sudo mkdir /usr/tomcat</code></li>
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<li>move the tar.gz file you downloaded into the tomcat user dir:
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<code>sudo mv apache-tomcat-6.0.26.tar.gz /usr/tomcat</code></li>
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<li>expand tar.gz: <code>sudo tar -xvzf apache-tomcat-6.0.26.tar.gz</code></li>
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<li>create tomcat symlink in /usr/local: <code>ln -s /usr/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/ /usr/local/tomcat</code>
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<li>add the following lines to /etc/profile (again, this is my preference):<br>
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<code> TOMCAT_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat</code><br>
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<code> PATH=$TOMCAT_HOME/bin:$PATH</code><br>
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<code> export PATH TOMCAT_HOME</code>
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<p><div class="header3">Download and Install Eclipse:</div>
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<li>go to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">Eclipse Download Site</a>.</li>
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<li>choose Eclipse IDE for Java Developers</li>
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<li>make the eclipse usr directory: <code>sudo mkdir /usr/eclipse</code></li>
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<li>move the tar.gz file you downloaded into the eclipse user dir:
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<code>sudo mv eclipse-java-galileo-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz /usr/eclipse</code></li>
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<li>extract tar.gz:
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<code>sudo tar -xvzf eclipse-java-galileo-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz</code></li>
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<li>note that Eclipse extracts into a folder named eclipse. I like to rename this
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folder using the SR number or current date, in case I want to put another version of
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eclipse next to it. So: <br> <code>mv /usr/eclipse/eclipse /usr/eclipse/eclipse-galileo-SR2</code></li>
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<li>create eclipse symlink in /usr/local: <code>ln -s /usr/eclipse/eclipse-galileo-SR2 /usr/local/eclipse</code>
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<li>add the following lines to /etc/profile (again, this is my preference):<br>
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<code> ECLIPSE_HOME=/usr/local/eclipse</code><br>
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<code> PATH=$ECLIPSE_HOME:$PATH</code><br>
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<code> export PATH ECLIPSE_HOME</code>
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<li>I create a desktop launcher for Eclipse. The command should just be <code>eclipse</code>.
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If that doesn't work, you may need to log out and log in to pick up changes in
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<code>/etc/profile</code>. You can associate the launcher with the eclipse icon
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at <code>/usr/local/eclipse/icon.xpm</code></li>
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<p><div class="header3">Get Subversion plugin:</div>
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<p>The subversion plugin allows you to checkout and manage your code against
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an SVN repository</p>
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<li>in eclipse, go to Help/Install New Software</li>
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<li>add the following update site: <code>http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x</code>
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Check <a target="_blank" href="http://subclipse.tigris.org/">Subclipse Site</a> for newer versions</li>
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<li>Choose to install all the packages under that site</li>
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<li>After restarting Eclipse, you should see an SVN Repository Exploring
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perspective available.</li>
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<p><div class="header3">Check out metacat code:</div>
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<li>In eclipse go to the SVN Repository Exploring perspecitve</li>
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<li>Click in window under svn repositories and chosse "New > Repostory Location ..."</li>
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<li>Add <code>https://code.ecoinformatics.org/code/metacat</code></li>
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<li>Add <code>https://code.ecoinformatics.org/code/utilities </code></li>
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<li>If you are actively working on ecogrid, add <code>https://code.ecoinformatics.org/code/seek</code></li>
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<li>For each repository, open its tree and right click on trunk </li>
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<li>Choose "checkout..."</li>
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<li>Check out as a project using the wizard</li>
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<li>Choose java project</li>
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<li>Name the project in workspace. One thing to keep in mind is that the build
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process relies on the Metacat code being in a directory named "metacat". If you will
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absolutely only have one metacat project, you can name it "metacat". Otherwise, I usually
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name the project something meaningfull, like "METACAT_TRUNK" or "METACAT_1_9_1_RC2". Then
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I create a "metacat" simlink at the same level that points to the checkout that I
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actually want to build.</li>
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<li>Note, if you want to check out a certain branch or tag, browse to that tag in the tree and follow the same steps as above.</li>
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<p><div class="header3">Set up Metacat Dependencies</div>
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<p>These dependencies are primarily so you can eliminate reference errors in
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the code and so you can debug when running in tomcat.</p>
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<li>In the Java perspective, hilight the utilities project you checked out.</li>
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<li>In the menu, go to Project > Properties > Java Build Path</li>
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<li>Choose the libraries tab and Add Jars...</li>
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<li>Select all the jar files in the utilities/lib directory</li>
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<li>Switch to the Source tab and remove utilities/src</li>
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<li>Add folder utilties/src/java</li>
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<li>In the Java perspective, hilight the metacat project you checked out.</li>
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<li>In the menu, go to Project > Properties > Java Build Path</li>
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<li>Choose the libraries tab and Add Jars...</li>
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<li>Select all the jar files in the metacat/lib directory EXCEPT the
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utilities.jar if it exists.</li>
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<li>Select all the jar files in the metacat/lib/lsid_lib directory</li>
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<li>Select all the jar files in the metacat/lib/spatial/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib directory</li>
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<li>Choose to Add External Jars and select all the jar files in /usr/local/tomcat/lib</li>
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<li>Switch to the Projects tab and add the utilities project.</li>
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<li>These settings should remove all but the most persistant error markers in
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the code.</li>
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<p><div class="header3">Build Metacat</div>
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<p>A full description of how to build Metacat is beyond the scope of this document, however
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you should be able to do all Ant tasks from within eclipse.</p>
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<li>In Eclipse choose Window > Show View > Ant</li>
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<li>You should see an Ant window pop up on the right.</li>
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<li>In the Metacat project, select the build.xml file and drag it to
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the Ant window.</li>
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<li>All Ant tasks should now be runnable from this window</li>
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<li>Get tomcat eclipse plugin at:
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.eclipsetotale.com/tomcatPlugin.html">Tomcat Plugin Site</a></li>
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<li>Extract zip: <code>sudo unzip tomcatPluginV321.zip</code></li>
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<li>move resulting dir into Eclipse plugins directory: <br>
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<code> sudo mv com.sysdeo.eclipse.tomcat_3.2.1 /usr/locale/eclipse/plugins</code></li>
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<li>Restart Eclipse. You should see some Tomcat icons in the toolbar.</li>
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<li>In Eclipse go to Window > Preferences > Tomcat </li>
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<li>Set Tomcat version to correct value (6 recommended)</li>
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<li>Set tomcat home to directory where you just installed tomcat
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(<code>/usr/local/tomcat</code> if you used my instructions).</li>
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<li>Under "Advanced", add Metacat and Utilities projects to Tomcat classpath</li>
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<li>You can now start and stop Tomcat using the Tomcat menu or toolbar items.
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The application output will show up in the console tab in Eclipse. Note
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that there is also now a Debug perspective. You can perform the standard
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debugger actions on your running Metcat instance via this perspective.</li>
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<p><div class="header3">Advanced Operations:</div><p>
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jumping to implementation source and more. Please refer to
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/">Eclipse Documentation</a>
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