IDempiere/Install Prerequisites on Ubuntu

For reference this tutorial is done using the following versions:

• Ubuntu 11.04 64 bits
• PostgreSQL 8.4.9
• Mercurial Client 1.7.5
• JDK 1.6.0.26
• Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 3.7.1 Indigo
• Mercurial Eclipse Plugin 1.9.1
• Buckminster 3.7

But it must work with other versions as well.

Install Ubuntu

Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Install PostgreSQL 8.4.9

iDempiere can also run with Oracle 10G or 11G, and also with PostgreSQL 9.1, but for this tutorial we use postgresql 8.4.9

sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.4

Install Mercurial Client 1.7.5

sudo apt-get install mercurial

Install JDK 1.6.0.26

sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Install Eclipse Indigo 3.7.1

Download the corresponding version for your operating system from "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers"

For Ubuntu 11.04 64 bits I downloaded from here

On ubuntu the installation of eclipse is just uncompress it and is ready for usage, for the rest of the session let's suppose we uncompressed eclipse on a folder called $ECLIPSE_HOME

The first time you run Eclipse it asks for the workspace folder, at this stage you can use the default workspace - it will be changed later.

Install Mercurial Eclipse Plugin 1.9.1

Following instructions from project: http://www.javaforge.com/project/HGE

• Open the eclipse just installed
• Navigate to Help > Install New Software
• Push the "Add" button
• Fill Name: Mercurial Eclipse
• Fill Location: http://cbes.javaforge.com/update
• OK
• When the list of packages appears select
  • MercurialEclipse
    • The rest are not required
• Complete the installation pushing Next .... accepting the license and then Finish

Install Buckminster 3.7

Following instructions from project: http://www.eclipse.org/buckminster/

• Open the eclipse just installed
• Navigate to Help > Install New Software
• Push the "Add" button
• Fill Name: Buckminster
• Fill Location: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/updates-3.7
• OK
• When the list of packages appears select
  • Buckminster - Core
  • Buckminster - Maven support
  • Buckminster - PDE support
    • The rest are not required
• Complete the installation pushing Next .... accepting the license and then Finish

Now you have your prerequisites ready to receive the iDempiere sources