Installing Necessary Tools - nononing2014/repoProtege GitHub Wiki

Please follow instructions given below to install necessary tools.

Installing jdk

First install java jdk form here. Important thing to note here is you must download JDK not JRE. Make sure you have JAVA_HOME variable setup in your computer if not set it up where you have installed your jdk generally in windows it is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45. Also make sure you have java binaries in your system path if not add it. In my case it is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45\bin. If you have problem in adding system path just search in google on adding system path and system variables instruction may vary depending on your platform. After all these steps you should be able to access java from command line.

Installing Graphviz

Visualization tools in protege use Graphviz for creating graphs therefore you need to install graphviz. You can get latest copy of graphviz from here.

Git

This is an optional tool. You will only need it if you want to checkout different commit from my repository and have something to share with rest of the group.

  • Windows users can download git tool from here.
  • Linux users can check this page for commands to install git depending on their distros.
  • Mac OS users can download git from here.

Maven Development

There are two ways to work with maven projects.

  1. Maven Command Line - Prefered

    • Windows users can follow instructions for installing from here.
    • Linux users can check this page for commands to install maven.
    • Mac OS users can download git from here.

  2. Maven Plugin for eclipse

    You can bypass maven by using m2eclipse plugin for eclipse. Although according to me using this plugin limits your control over project development. Instructions for installing mvn and using it can be found here.