Chapter 1: Introduction

1-4: Building Electric from Source Code 1-4-5: Eclipse Access to the savannah.gnu.org Repository

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1. Make sure you have Java 17 or later.
2. Install Eclipse:
   • Get it from www.eclipse.org
   • Run it
3. Add Subversions to Eclipse:
   • Do: Help / Eclipse Marketplace
   • Search for "Subclipse" and install it
4. Download Electric:
   • Do: File / Import
   • Choose: SVN / Checkout Projects from SVN
     • Repository is: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/electric/trunk
     • In the choice of what to download, select the top-level ("electric")
     • Use the wizard: Java / Java Project
     • Name the project "Electric"
   • After the files have been downloaded, delete "src/module-info.java" and "src"
5. Make the Electric project:
   • Do: File / New / Java Project
     • Name it: "electricJava"
     • Use the location: "Electric/electric-java"
   • Right-click on the "electricJava" project and select Properties
     • Select Java Build Path, then choose the Libraries tab
     • Select Classpath and click Add External JARs on the right
     • Choose these JAR files in the "Electric/Packaging" download:
       • slf4j-api, slf4j-jdk14, j3dcore, j3dutils, vecmath, jogamp-fat, jmf, bsh, jython
   • It may be advisable to rebuild at this point with Project / Clean
   • Right-click the "electric-java" project and choose Run As / Java Application
     • Choose the main class: "Electric (com.sun.electric)"
     • 3D rendering will crash unless you add this to the VM Arguments:
       --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED

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