Lately I decided to build the Eclipse IDE from scratch - so I have the freedom to tweak it to my needs.
I found the following tutorial to guide me through the procedure: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipsePlatformDevelopment/article.html
Especially chapter 13 of that Tutorial is helpful. I will describe the steps that need to be taken one by one here - so you don't need to read the vogella tutorial.
NEEDED SOFTWARE :
Apparently you need to have the following software installed on your (Windows) machine:
- Git
- Maven Version 3.3.1 (make sure that the bin folder where you extract Maven is added to the PATH)
- Oracle 1.8 JDK or higher
Now you're ready to start:
STEP 1 :
Create a new folder in the C: disk. Let's name it C:myEclipse. This will be the folder in which we pull the Git repository of the latest Eclipse version.
STEP 2 :
Open the Windows cmd shell, and go to that folder through the command cd C:myEclipse. Now type the following command: git config --system core.longpaths true. This notifies Git that long names can occur in the repository. Forget this command and it will result in errors later on.
STEP 3 :
Clone the Git repository:
git clone -b master --recursive git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator.git
Now you should have some patience for all the sourcecode to get copied to your local folder.
STEP 4 :
Finally it is time to start the build. The build procedure will already take hours, so it is wise to skip the unit tests. Therefore do not forget to add the -DskipTests parameter. This is the command to start the build:
mvn clean verify -DskipTests
After some hours, the build should be finished.
STEP 5 :
The results of the build should now be in the following folder:
C:myEclipseeclipse.platform.releng.aggregatoreclipse.platform.releng.tychoeclipsebuildersdktargetproducts
Notice that the Eclipse IDE is built for all possible target machines. 32-bit Windows, 64-bit Windows, Macintosh, Linux, ... No wonder it takes hours! I would like to build for just one single target - for example my 64-bit Windows machine. This will hopefully reduce the build time significantly and allow me to verify code changes quicker.
Does anyone know how to achieve this?