Eclipse Plugin, Linux, and a Java Loader

[shtylman]

So I have finally gotten around to packaging everything I have in the way of FIRST build tools. I reworked the old MCC18 Toolchain plugin for Eclipse and have brought it up to date as well as updated the error parser. These two tools will let you manage and build an FRC project using Eclipse. They are available for download through an Eclipse Update Site.

I have also packaged Jifi, my Java IFI Loader clone. This jifi release includes both a GUI and a command line version.

Both of these things, as well as more information on the Eclipse Plugin are available at: http://shtylman.com/frc/

If there are any questions, comments, or suggestions email or PM me and I will be happy to address them.

[Robostang 548]

Do I already need to have the C18 compiler running under wine on my pc in order to make this work or does the plugin take care of this for me? If not, can someone link me to a good tutorial to get the C18 running on my machine?

-Don

[pogenwurst]

Do I already need to have the C18 compiler running under wine on my pc in order to make this work or does the plugin take care of this for me? If not, can someone link me to a good tutorial to get the C18 running on my machine?

-Don

There's no need for a tutorial -- setting up C18 in Wine is easy as pie. Just run the installer through Wine, and you're good to go.

shtylman: Thank you very much! I was using Eclipse with a simple makefile, but this will work much better!

[sparrowkc]

When I try to buld with eclipse, it seems to look for mcc18 in wine's system32 folder. thats not where mcc18 goes, it goes in C:\\mcc18.

Perhaps it's because I copied over the mcc18 folder from another computer instead of installing...

What should I do? Where can I change these paths?
Also, can I run wine prefixes besides home/.wine?

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy.

[shtylman]

When I made the plugin I did the best I could to try and peg it to the default installation settings most people will have. If those do not work, they can be changed through the project settings in eclipse.

I would like to know more about your problem, so if you could PM or email me some more info please feel free to do so.

~Roman

[pogenwurst]

When I try to buld with eclipse, it seems to look for mcc18 in wine's system32 folder. thats not where mcc18 goes, it goes in C:\\mcc18.

Perhaps it's because I copied over the mcc18 folder from another computer instead of installing...

What should I do? Where can I change these paths?
Also, can I run wine prefixes besides home/.wine?

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy.

You should use the installer; it sets the proper PATH variables for Wine to find the compiler executable. Both the C18 2.4 installer and the C18 3.10 upgrade installer worked perfectly in Wine when I tried.

Yes, you can run alternate Wine prefixes. The method behind doing so is covered in a sticky of general Wine-related information in the Wine forum at ubuntuforums.org.