IDempiere/Install Prerequisites on Ubuntu
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For reference this tutorial is done using the following versions:
- Ubuntu 11.04 64 bits
- PostgreSQL 8.4.11
- Mercurial Client 1.7.5
- OpenJDK 1.6.0.22
- Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 3.7.2 Indigo
- Mercurial Eclipse Plugin 1.9.1
- Buckminster 3.7
But it must work with other versions as well.
Contents
Install Ubuntu
Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Install PostgreSQL 8.4.11
iDempiere can also run with Oracle 10G or 11G, and also with PostgreSQL 9.1, but for this tutorial we use postgresql 8.4.11
sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.4
Install Mercurial Client 1.7.5
sudo apt-get install mercurial
Install OpenJDK 1.6.0.22
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
Install Eclipse Indigo 3.7.2
Download the corresponding version for your operating system from "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers"
For Ubuntu 11.04 64 bits I downloaded from here
On ubuntu the installation of eclipse is just uncompress it and is ready for usage, for the rest of the session let's suppose we uncompressed eclipse on a folder called $ECLIPSE_HOME
The first time you run Eclipse it asks for the workspace folder, at this stage you can use the default workspace - it will be changed later.
Install Mercurial Eclipse Plugin 1.9.1
Following instructions from project: http://www.javaforge.com/project/HGE
- Open the eclipse just installed
- Navigate to Help > Install New Software
- Push the "Add" button
- Fill Name: Mercurial Eclipse
- Fill Location: http://cbes.javaforge.com/update
- OK
- When the list of packages appears select
- MercurialEclipse
- The rest are not required
- MercurialEclipse
- Complete the installation pushing Next .... accepting the license and then Finish
Install Buckminster 3.7
Following instructions from project: http://www.eclipse.org/buckminster/
- Open the eclipse just installed
- Navigate to Help > Install New Software
- Push the "Add" button
- Fill Name: Buckminster
- Fill Location: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/updates-3.7
- OK
- When the list of packages appears select
- Buckminster - Core
- Buckminster - Maven support
- Buckminster - PDE support
- The rest are not required
- Complete the installation pushing Next .... accepting the license and then Finish
Now you have your prerequisites ready to receive the iDempiere sources