| h1. EIK Installation |
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| EIK can be installed in two ways. |
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| * Installing from EIK repository (available online) |
| * Installing from EIK sources (by building the repository locally) |
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| h3. Installing from EIK repository |
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| Download the EIK repository zip archive from Central. |
| For instance, download: |
| http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/karaf/eik/org.apache.karaf.eik.repository/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/org.apache.karaf.eik.repository-3.0.0-20140225.150041-1.zip |
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| Uncompress the repository zip archive on your system, in the folder of your choice. |
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| In Eclipse, pick up this folder in the following menu: |
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| *Select Help > Install new software > Add.. > Local...* |
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| h3. Installing from EIK sources |
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| From EIK sources, you start by building the repository: |
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| {noformat} |
| The following avoids running all the unit test cases, we just skip the test running phase and not the building part |
| mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean install |
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| mvn -DskipTests clean install |
| {noformat} |
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| *Select Help > Install new software > Add.. > Local...* |
| select folder |
| <path_to_source>/repository/target/repository |
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| !/images/installation_2.png! |
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| h3. Setting the OSGi Framework |
| With this step we specify to Eclipse which OSGi framework we need to use |
| *Select Window > Preferences > OSGI Frameworks* |
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| !/images/installation_3.png! |
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| h3. Switch on the the Apache Karaf perspective |
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| To Switch perspective we need *Select Window > Open Perspective > Other > Select Apache Karaf* |
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| !/images/installation_4.png! |
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| Now EIK is installed correctly |
