Problems installing JME on Eclipse

Troubleshooting General Help
1

When trying to install JME on Eclipse, I'm using



http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=setting_up_eclipse_to_build_jme



to do so.

During step 9, I get an error



An out of memory accured. Consult the "Running Eclipse" of the readme file....
See the .log file for more details.



This happens at 'Building workspace'

I tried to change -Xmx to a higher value to no avail.

Am I doing something wrong? And if so, what?

It does work if I just download and use the nightly build.
2

Did you "Consult the "Running Eclipse" of the readme file…"?  (I'm not an eclipse user but you need to raise the memory that's available for eclipse)

3

First, which version of Eclipse are you using? Different versions require different flags for passing the -Xmx argument to the VM.



For instance, in Eclipse 3.1, you would have to execute

eclipse -vmargs -Xmx512m

while on Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) the eclipse executable does it autometically…



Oh, and don't forget to read the README file Irrisor and Eclipse told you to…  :wink:

4

I am using Eclipse 3.2 on ubuntu. There is an eclipse.ini file to set Xmx (/usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse.ini). It didn't seem to work for me.


eclipse -vmargs -Xmx512m


worked fine.

Thanks alot!  XD
5

As I said, It works, but when I try to add the jars from jME/target/ , that directory is empty!

I can add the jME project to my project as in


right-click your project → Properties → Projects tab → Add.. → check jME → OK → OK.

6

Wait a sec! Have you check out from CVS? If so, you can just find the JARs in jME/lib/ and not in jME/target/ which would be if you used the Ant script directly to build the JARs.

7

OK to begin with, I am a Newbie in eclipse and JME.

I did check out from CVS.

The tutorial at


http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=setting_up_eclipse_to_build_jme



gives two options on how to use jME in a project.
The second one (adding jME-project to build path) works.
The first one (using the jME-jars) doesn't work.
I was first looking for the jars in jME/target/. Now I know they are in jME/lib/.

To add the jME JARs to your projects build path, right-click your project → Properties → Java Build Path → Libraries tab → Add Library... → User Library → User Libraries → New, enter jME for the User library name. Select jME → Add JARs..., browse to the folder jME/target/, and select all the JAR files and press Open. Then Add Library... → User Library → jME required2) → OK → OK → Finish.

It is not a very big problem, I can live with that. :wink:

It is just that I must be doing something terribly stupid.
8

Yes, it is unfortunate that the articles in the Wiki are not kept up to date… But this is a great community (don't let me fool you into thinking otherwise  ;)) Also, if you want to correct the wiki, you can do that yourself now that you know the answer, and thus help the next generation of newbies  :smiley:

9

Don't worry, one of the reasons I took a look at jME is because I heard rumours of the great community.

And, oh yes good idea to let me work on the wiki  :-o



Maybe, when i know 'a bit' more of jME,

when I know a bit more english (dutch is my native), game programming,…  :oops:



One of these days… perhaps…  XD