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Setting up SVN and Eclipse (or simple SVN)setup and running Sipper

  • Install Ruby 1.8.6 (not ready for 1.9)
  • Install Ruby Gems http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126 use the zip or tgz version, just run "ruby install.rb"
  • Install Eclipse 3.1 or higher (I am using 3.3)
  • Install Subclipse plugin by following instructions at http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html
  • Install RDT tools from http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/download.rdt.html by following instructions.
  • The SVN repository for Sipper is at http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=7001, create your account
  • Once you become the member login to rubyforge get the SVN access URL from rubyforge.
  • [Only for Sipper developers/comitters] On windows Set the following environment variable (by right-clicking on My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables, New):- Variable name: SVN_SSH Variable value: C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseSVN\\bin\\TortoisePlink.exe (The "\\" is very important, otherwise it won't work. You cannot use the plink.exe that comes with putty as that fires up a command shell window which is really annoying. The TortoisePlink.exe is a windows implementation of plink that doesn't bring up any UI)
  • Start your Eclipse and go to SVN Browsing perspective, enter the repository location as the SVN URLs (as the case maybe depending upon your membership type - user/developer)
  • You will see sipper as root directory. Right click on sipper and select Checkout. In the dialog box checkout sipper as a Project, call it Sipper.
  • You will be prompted to choose Ruby perspective for Eclipse, select yes. This will check out all the source files for the project.
  • Now you will need to install the following additional libraries -
  • Log4r : http://log4r.sourceforge.net/ (follow instructions, actually it is either just an unzip or installation as a downloadable gem)
  • Flex Mock : http://onestepback.org/software/flexmock/ type "gem install flexmock"
  • Facets 1.8.54, [Note previous version shall not work] download the right version of gem and type "gem install facets185.gem"
  • Rake. Download from http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50 and follow instructions.
  • SMC http://smc.sourceforge.net (just download and keep in some location, you might need in some cases)
  • Once you have installed all the libraries. Create an environment variable SIPPER_HOME pointing towards the "sipper" root directory. This directory is the parent of "sipper", "sipper_test", "README", "Rakefile" etc. NOTE that while setting this environment variable use the forward slashes even in windows for path separation.
  • Now navigate to sipper_test and type "rake" this should run all the tests, if you see any failures or errors then contact Nasir, otherwise enjoy sipper.