Re: [eclipse-ide-wg] Building Eclipse IDE

[Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

The EPP products do not provide ppc64le variants so such an installer 
would have very few products to install, i.e., only the Platform SDK...

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/


On 19.04.2023 08:10, Christoph Läubrich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> from recent discussions I can tell that most of the time the limiting 
> factor is getting hold of real hardware for building + tests.
>
>
> SWT already have this:
>
> https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt.binaries/tree/master/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.gtk.linux.ppc64le 
>
>
> and there seem to be a launcher library as well for equinox:
>
> https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox.binaries/tree/master/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.ppc64le 
>
>
> so from a technical point of view everything should be there.
>
> If you want to build "the platform" from source you best use the 
> instructions here:
>
> https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/
>
> this will build everything from java source (it takes quite long ~ 30 
> minutes) and after that in the folder
>
> eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/eclipse.platform.releng.tychoeclipsebuilder/eclipse.platform.repository/target/products/ 
>
>
> org.eclipse.platform.ide-linux.gtk.ppc64le.tar.gz
> org.eclipse.sdk.ide-linux.gtk.ppc64le.tar.gz
>
> as a result, maybe this already helps, but be aware that this is a bit 
> different from what you find on the download pages, so you probably 
> need to install your favorite plugins.
>
>
> Am 19.04.23 um 07:56 schrieb Brigham Henry Keys:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a reason inparticular that the eclipse installer isn't 
> > distributed for ppc64le? Would it build on a ppc64le environment?
> >
> > On 3/19/23 19:55, Brigham Henry Keys wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Can someone point me to some instructions of how to build eclipse 
> > > IDE from source? I am currently consulting
> > >
> > > https://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng/Platform_Build
> > >
> > > I am attempting a ppc64le linux build; hence I am trying to build 
> > > from source. Unless there is some prebuilt ppc64le linux build of 
> > > the eclipse IDE; that would be wonderful. I am trying to build the 
> > > R4_8_maintenance branch but I also tried building master. I follow 
> > > the steps in the link and I eventually get an error about line 81 in
> > >
> > > eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator4.7/eclipse.platform.swt.binaries/bundles/binaries-parent/pom.xml 
> > >
> > >
> > > about this ${toolsJar}variable, it needs to be an absolute path. I'm 
> > > not sure what to do about it. I changed ${toolsJar} to 
> > > /usr/bin/jar,and then I get an error about
> > >
> > > Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bundleLocation not 
> > > found: 
> > > /home/bkeys/.m2/repository/org/eclipse/orbit/bundles/org.apache.ant/1.10.12-SNAPSHOT/org.apache.ant-1.10.12-SNAPSHOT.jar
> > >
> > > Can someone please point me in the right direction of what I am 
> > > supposed to do?
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > >         Brigham Keys, Esq.
> > >
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