By the way, I've been trying to write an install script for windows that installs leiningen + CCW. Creating a folder for all Clojure stuff, putting that folder on the PATH, downloading lein.bat, running lein self-install, downloading eclipse works OK. So far there are two problems I ran into that prevented full installation:
1. How to install CCW into eclipse from the command line? There should be a way to do it according to this page: http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_director.html but I haven't been able to come up with an actual command that succesfully installs CCW. I suppose the -repository should have the ccw update site, but what should be the -installIU argument? 2. How to prevent CCW from hanging when creating a leiningen project. On Friday, February 15, 2013 5:19:01 PM UTC+1, Jules wrote: > > lpetit, I'll describe my experience with CCW on windows. Installing CCW is > fairly easy, though not as easy as just downloading and running. If you go > to the counterclockwise site (https://code.google.com/p/counterclockwise/) > it is reasonably clear what you should do, but not as clear as it could be > by a long shot. New users would be inclined to click the download button on > the top, which takes you to a page with two jars, which is not the correct > way to install CCW. On the main page there are links, and one of them in > the middle is "Installation / Feature description / > Documentation<https://code.google.com/p/counterclockwise/wiki/Documentation#Install_Counterclockwise_plugin>". > > That should really be very prominent. On that page you find these > instructions, among a page with a lot of other stuff: > > ---- > > Pre-requisites: > > - Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 6 or higher (for running Eclipse. Your > projects can still use Java 5) > - Eclipse 3.5 or higher installed : "Eclipse SDK" package, "Eclipse > for Java Developers" package, "Eclipse for Java EE Developers" package, > etc. (really, any packaging including JDT -Java Development Tools- > features > will work) > > Update site : http://ccw.cgrand.net/updatesite/ > > --- > > So you download java 6+. Then you download eclipse, which uses a > non-standard way to install (on windows). But then what? Turns out you > have to go to Help -> Install new software, paste that url, select > counterclockwise, press next a couple of times and then you're good to go. > > But now you still don't have leiningen, which is essential if you want to > do anything non toy. The installation page of CCW does describe how to > create a leiningen project, but doesn't say that you first have to manually > install leiningen. Even if you manage to install it, which is quite a feat > for a newbie (as described previously), how do you then use it from CCW? > For me, if I create a new leiningen project, the a new project gets created > but then the IDE hangs and the project doesn't have anything in it... > > A quick way to improve the situation is to make it prominently clear on > the homepage of CCW what the steps are for installing a full featured CCW + > leiningen. Even better would be to create a package to automate those steps > of course. > vemv, I don't know how the situation is now with Ruby, but when I used it > it was really easy (and I did use it for non-toy purposes -- I got paid to > use it). You downloaded the ruby installer, ran it, opened a command line > and typed "gem install rails" and you have everything you need. The "it's > hard no matter what you do if you use open source" really doesn't match > with my experience. There *are* easy to use open source projects. Python is > another example. You're right that there are a lot of open source projects > that aren't as easy, like OCaml for example, and look how successful that > is. But this isn't a pissing match between different projects. Don't we > want people to use Clojure? > > Jules > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
