Hi Ron, Thanks, but...
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Ron Wheeler <[email protected] > wrote: > I normally download the installer http://download.springsource. > com/release/STS/3.5.1/dist/e4.3/spring-tool-suite-3.5.1. > RELEASE-e4.3.2-win32-installer.exe > Run it and let it install Eclipse with the plug-ins. > I end up with a sts.exe file that I run. > > That is the Windows installer. Alas, it won't run on any version of Linux. On Linux, all you get is a gzipped tar file. But I just put it in a subdirectory in my home directory. I wonder if it ought to be in /opt or /usr/local/... I am using the latest JDK 1.7 that is availabel for OpenSuse 13.1, so that ought not be a problem, and based on the information you provided, I converted all '-' into '_' characters (and ensured there were no spaces), but the error I mentioned persists. Anyone out there working with this on Linux? > I have not seen this error > > Plug-in "org.springsource.ide.eclipse.commons.gettingstarted" was unable > to instantiate class "org.springsource.ide.eclipse.commons.gettingstarted. > dashboard.WelcomeDashboard" > > but > https://issuetracker.springsource.com/browse/STS-3712 describes a way to > get this to happen by using a folder with a space in the foldername. > Perhaps a "-" can have the same effect. > Try renaming the folder where it is installed. > If that does not fix it, try Googling the error message and see if > anything else shows up. > > Subversive should be referenced from the Dashboard if my memory serves me > well (or at all). > > Alas, it looks like I am not getting the dashboard because of the error I mention above. :-( > If you add the Kepler release software site (it may already be there) > http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler > you will find Subversive listed under "Collaboration" > > Yes, that repository is already there, and I found Subversive there. Thanks. Thanks Ted > Ron > > On 11/06/2014 9:27 PM, Ted Byers wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwheeler@artifact-software. >> com <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> You might find that the Eclipse STS from http://spring.io/tools is >> a version 4.3 Eclipse with all of the plug-ins that you need to >> develop Java apps makes it easy to add Subversive which has >> replaced Subclipse for most people. >> It knows how to add Subversive which makes it easy to get started >> quickly. >> >> We moved from Eclipse to Eclipse/STS several years ago when we >> found that we were losing days to fix up each new version of >> Eclipse and had a lot of trouble in a small shop trying to develop >> software development processes when each person was using a >> different set of plug-ins. >> Eclipse STS solved all of that and made installing a new version >> of Eclipse a 15 minute process instead of days of screwing about >> with plug-ins. >> Install Eclipse/STS, add Subversive using the links on the >> dashboard and get back to productive work. >> >> Ron >> >> >> Thanks Ron, >> >> That is helpful. I take it that it needs no installation per se, but >> just to run the STS executable in the sts-bundle directory. Right? It >> does give me an error, though, saying that Plug-in >> "org.springsource.ide.eclipse.commons.gettingstarted" was unable to >> instantiate class >> "org.springsource.ide.eclipse.commons.gettingstarted.dashboard.WelcomeDashboard" >> Looking at the trace, it seems it can't find one or more class definitions. >> >> Is that something to worry about? >> >> I would also ask where I would find Subversiv, as I do not see it among >> the software items in the install software dialog. Do I have to add >> another repository, or am I looking in the wrong place? >> >> I did find a lot of documentation that//I plan on working through, but I >> did not find an installation guide. >> >> >> And, I would ask you about other software I can install using that >> dialog: what you'd recommend, and what you think of the modelling tools and >> their potential for producing up to date UML diagrams (especially use case >> and E-R diagrams) for the latest version OFBiz. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ted >> > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [email protected] > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > -- R.E.(Ted) Byers, Ph.D.,Ed.D.
