To download Papervision3D v2.0 (Great White) we need to have Subversion (SVN) installed (see the pv3d wiki). I’ve seen a number of posts on the web doing this using a separate SVN client (for example using TortoiseSVN in Windows, (shown here in a YouTube video tutorial), and svnX for the Mac). However, I’m a fan of Eclipse and have not come across a CVS client that works as well as that which is included with Eclipse so wanted to see how well SVN plugin compared. Plus with Eclipse being multi-platform I can move from Mac to Linux to Windows and have exactly the same interface for all of them - I guess my motto is be lazy because I’d really rather not repeat the same tasks using different applications wherever I go. What’s more, I use the Flex Builder 3 plugin for Eclipse and, as with my other projects, like to have the version control integrated into my development environment. For SVN, we need to install the Subversive plugin for eclipse.
To integrate SVN into eclipse I simply followed the instructions given on the Subversive download page. Before using the Subversive plugin we need to however download the SVN Connectors. The following illustrates how to do this using Eclipse Software Updates.
In Eclipse, selected the Help menu item, then Software updates… Click on the Available Software tab.
We first need to install the SVN Connectors that are available from polarion.com, from where the Subversive plugin originates. Click on Add Site… and type the following address : http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/eclipse/2.0/update-site/
When you click OK you’ll see a new list of components available for installation.
Click on the check box next to the polarion to select all the components and then click on Install…
NOTE : If you’re using a Mac you must deselect both the JavaHL Win32 Binaries otherwise there are unresolved conflicts when it comes to installing the Subversive plugin.
You should now be presented with a summary of all the components to be installed.
Click Next and accept the terms of the license agreement. The components are then downloaded and installed. You’ll then be asked whether you want to restart eclipse - its probably a good idea to do this.
When Eclipse restarts we need to go through the same procedure to install the Subversive plugin. As before, select Software Updates… from the Help menu item and then click on Add Site… Now type the address of the Eclipse Subversive update site : http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/0.7/update-site/
Click OK and select the newly proposed components for Subversion :
Click on Install… and you’ll get a summary of the new components to install.
Click Next and agree to the terms of the license agreement and Eclipse will start to download and install the Subversion plugin. As for the SVN Connectors, restart Eclipse when prompted.
And that’s it ! You should now have SVN fully working within Eclipse. Just to check, if you select
Import… from the File menu item you should have the possibility of importing a project from SVN.
So now that we have Subversive up and running in Eclipse, we can now move onto the main objective of installing Papervision3D v2.0 (Great White) from its SVN repository.
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