Getting Started with OpenSHA Development

1) Download Eclipse

The latest version of Eclipse can be obtained from ​The Eclipse Website

The "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" should be fine, however the Enterprise Edition (EE) will work as well.

2) Install the Subversion (SVN) Plug-in

The Eclipse SVN Plug in is called "Subclipse".

To install in Eclipse, follow the tutorial here: ​Subclipse Installation

(be sure to use http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x as the update site when prompted)

3) Adding the OpenSHA SVN Repository

Once Subclipse is properly installed, from within eclipse:

• Select Window > Open Perspective > Other
• Select SVN Repository Exploring and hit OK

The SVN Repository tab should now be visible:

• Click the Add SVN Repository button shown here...

• Enter http://intensity.usc.edu/svn/opensha as the URL and hit Finish
  • At this point it will ask you for a username and password.
  • Use the username/password that you used to view this page.
• Assuming everything went well, a new repository should appear in the "SVN Repository" tab.

Checking out the OpenSHA Project

• Click the arrow to expand the repository tree.
• Right click on "trunk" and select "Checkout..." as shown below:

• The default options should work for most people, just click "Finish"
  • If you need to specify the location to put the project, click "Next" instead
• It will take a little while to check out the entire project.
• Once it is checked out, switch to the Java perspective (Window > Open Perspective > Java (or Other, then "Java")
  • It will take a while to build the project