Quick Installation Guide

  1. Download the "Eclipse 3.4.2 (Ganymede) + openArchitectureWare 4.3.1" IDE Distribution from oAW site or from NKUA site.
  2. Open the appropriate SVN view in the Eclipse IDE. Select from the menu: "Window -> Show View -> Other", and in the pop-up dialog select the "SVN" category and accordingly click on the "SVN Repositories" option.
  3. Connect to SVN repository. In order to define a new connection to the SVN repository follow the below steps: i) right click in the "SVN" view and choose the "New" option. ii) Select "New Repository Location" and enter the URL: "http://ipac.di.uoa.gr/svnrepo/ipac", iii) enter the appropriate "Username" and "Password", iv) select the "Save Password" option and v) click "Finish".
  4. Download the deployable plugins from the SVN repository. These plugins are located under the SVN folder "ACE->ALPHA->PLUGINS".
  5. Copy these plugins in the "plugins" directory of your Eclipse installation folder (e.g C:\eclipse\plugins).
  6. Copy the folder "IPAC_ROOT" (i.e from SVN folder ExternalResources) and put it in the root directory of your hard disk (c:\).
  7. Restart your Eclipse distribution.
  8. Start the Eclipse from a command-line window. Enter the Eclipse installation folder and press the command "itemis-oaw-distribution.exe -clean".