Re: [ecf-dev] build easier next steps

[Ted Kubaska <ted.kubaska@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, BTW this is now Linux not Mac ... Ubuntu 8.04. -ted

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Ted Kubaska<ted.kubaska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. I did get Buckminster installed in my Eclipse IDE and
> successfully ran the demo example from the book.
>
> I'm trying to install the headless version, but ran into some
> difficulty as described below. Can you give me some further advice?
>
> I interpreted Appendix A to say the following...
>
> 1.
> Download the director. I read on www,ecliipse.org/buckminster
> <quote>
> In order to install the headless buckminster, you must use the P2
> director. A headless command line version of the director can be found
> here:  director_1.0.0.r10307.zip.
> </quote>
>
> I downloaded  director_1.0.0.r10307.zip and unzipped it into
> /opt/headlessDirector. This produces a directory called director.
>
> 2.
> I then entered the directory called director and issued the command as
> described in Appendix A.
>
> <quote>
> director -r «repo-location» -d «install-folder» -p Buckminster -i
> org.eclipse.buckminster.cmdline.product
> </quote>
>  I got the following...
>
> ted@MyHeron:/opt/headlessDirector/director$ ./director -r
> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.5 -d
> /opt/headlessBucky -p Buckminster -i
> org.eclipse.buckminster.cmdline.product
> Installing org.eclipse.buckminster.cmdline.product 1.1.350.r10447.
> Operation completed in 34012 ms.
> ted@MyHeron:/opt/headlessDirector/director$ ls
> artifacts.xml  configuration  director  director.bat  eclipse.ini  p2  plugins
>
> 3.
> Now I want to install additional features. Appendix A says I can use
> the just installed Buckminster and gives the syntax as
>
> <quote>
> buckminster «repository-url» «feature-id [ «version» ]
> Where «repository-url» is the same as in the previous step, and
> «feature-id» is one of the features listed below. Optionally, a
> specific version can be installed. Here are the features you can
> install:
>
> org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
>     The Core functionality — this feature is required if you want to
> do anything with
>      Buckminster  except installing additional features.
> </quote>
>
> and so I entered the directory /opt/headlessBucky which has an
> executable buckminster and entered the following, replacing
> repository-url with
> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.5/ but then
> got the following error...
>
> <quote>
> ted@MyHeron:/opt/headlessBucky$ ./buckminster
> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.5/
> org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
> Command 'http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.5/' not found
> </quote>
>
> 4.
> I think I need to supply a command (but Appendix A does not show this
> in the syntax). So I tried
>
> ted@MyHeron:/opt/headlessBucky$  ./buckminster
> org.eclipse.buckminster.installer.install
> http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/headless-3.5/
> org.eclipse.buckminster.core.headless.feature
> ted@MyHeron:/opt/headlessBucky$
>
> And as you can see, it was silent. So I don't know if anything happened.
>
>  -ted
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Thomas Hallgren<thomas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Ted,
>> The URL:
>>
>>   http://download.cloudsmith.com/buckminster/external/
>>
>> is not an SVN repository. It is an update site that contains headless
>> (complete) SVN features that we cannot distribute at eclipse.org due to IP
>> issues. If you already have SVN working, you don't need anything from that
>> site. In order to get the source for the the Hello XML example, simply
>> import this CQUERY:
>>
>>   http://www.eclipse.org/buckminster/samples/queries/demo.cquery
>>
>> The result of a "Resolve and Materialize" should bring all relevant source
>> into our workspace.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thomas Hallgren
>>
>>
>> Ted Kubaska wrote:
>>
>> Am I making a simple error here? .... (SVN works fine for me with
>> local repositories) but when I
>> newtricks:BuckyDemo ted$ svn checkout
>> http://download.cloudsmith.com/buckminster/external/
>>
>> I get the error ...
>>
>> svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/buckminster/external'
>> svn: PROPFIND of '/buckminster/external': 301 Moved Permanently
>> (http://download.cloudsmith.com)
>> newtricks:BuckyDemo ted$
>>
>> Basically I just wanted to get the stuff to do the Hello XML example
>> in the Bucky book.
>>
>>  -ted
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Ted Kubaska<ted.kubaska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> So this was my error .. I installed Bucky PDE Support and it looks OK -ted
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Ted Kubaska<ted.kubaska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Aha, I did not install Buckminster PDE support ... only Core and CVS
>> Support. SIgh. -ted
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Ted Kubaska<ted.kubaska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have to be honest and tell you that I followed the directions for
>> the demo on page 117 and do not see the action called site.p2. I tried
>> both using a buckminster.properties file and Run/Debug string
>> substitution. I can click on Buckminster -> Invoke Action ...browse to
>> my properties file, but when I click OK nothing happens.
>>
>> I have Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 and Eclipse 3.5.0. I also tried
>> hardcoding ${user.home} and making by hand the demosite and tmp
>> directories.
>>
>> Here is my buckminster.properties file
>> newtricks:BuckyProperties ted$ cat buckminster.properties
>> # Where all the output should go
>> buckminster.output.root=/Users/ted/BuckyDemo/demosite
>> # Where the temp files should go
>> buckminster.temp.root=/Users/ted/BuckyDemo/tmp/demosite.tmp
>> # How .qualifier in versions should be replaced
>> qualifier.replacement.*=generator:lastRevision
>>
>>
>> Here was the quote from the Bucky book instructions
>> <quote>
>> With the property file in place, we can now build the site. Right
>> click over the org.demo.demosite
>> project, and select Buckminster → Invoke Action..., and (if you
>> decided to use a properties file) in the
>> pop up that appears, browse for the buckminster.properties file we
>> just created (you will need
>> to navigate in the file system to find the workspace, project, and
>> then the file since the properties files
>> are typically placed in the file system, and not in the workspace).
>> When the properties file has been
>> found and selected (alternatively set the properties using Run/Debug
>> string substitution), select the
>> action called ‘site.p2’ in the list of presented actions, and click
>> ‘Ok’. You will now see some trace
>> output, and if everything worked ok, you now have an update site.
>> </quote>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Scott Lewis<slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Also, see the new version of Buckminster book available (as of 7/28) as per
>> this buckminster dev announcement:
>>
>> New Draft of Buckminster Book is available at http://tinyurl.com/ncv4lq
>>
>> This is version 0.5 of the book, and it is now getting near completion. I
>> (think) have one or two more examples to write, and then final editing and
>> polish.
>>
>> Your feedback is much appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>> - henrik
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>> Ted Kubaska wrote:
>>
>>
>> I can do 8/10 morning. I'll read some of the Bucky book over the
>> weekend. I remember from the last discussion that Bucky has some
>> signing ability that unfortunately was not yet described in the book.
>> But I think there is a presentation somewhere that describes this.
>> Does anyone have a pointer?
>>
>>  -ted
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Markus Alexander
>> Kuppe<ecf-dev_eclipse.org@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
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>> Ted Kubaska wrote:
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>>
>> Next week is best for me. I'm out of town and on the road week of aug 4.
>> -ted
>>
>>
>>
>> For me Monday 10th works best. I suggest the usual time (in the moring
>> PDT/evening CEST).
>>
>> Cheers
>> Markus
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