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Java Runtime

You have to have installed Java JRE 1.7 in order to get the Eclipse workbench (Luna) running. Look here for downloads: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html#jre-7u65-oth-JPR

Git revision control system

In order to coordinate collaboration and source code versioning we will use Git as the revision control system. For this, we have to install a Git client. Let's choose TortoiseGit.

Follow these steps to install it:

  1. Download and run the Windows Shell extension TortoiseGit installer (as Administrator) from here: TortoiseGit-1.8.12.0-32bit.msi http://download.tortoisegit.org/tgit/1.8.12.0/TortoiseGit-1.8.12.0-32bit.msi or 64bit version: TortoiseGit-1.8.12.0-64bit.msi http://download.tortoisegit.org/tgit/1.8.12.0/TortoiseGit-1.8.12.0-64bit.msi

    1. Keep the pre-selected SSH Client setting TortoiseGitPLink
    2. Keep the pre-selected features settings
    3. Keep the install location C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit

  2. Download and run the Git command line environment installer (as Administrator) to be found here: Git-1.9.4-preview20140929.exe https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/releases/download/Git-1.9.4-preview20140929/Git-1.9.4-preview20140929.exe

    1. Keep the pre-selected target path C:\Program Files\Git (or on 64bit system: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git)
    2. Keep the pre-selected component Advanced context menu (git-cheetah plugin)
    3. Change the pre-selected PATH environment setting to Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt
    4. ---This is not available any more and may need to be done after install: Change the pre-selected SSH executable setting to Use (Tortoise)Plink and browse to the program here: C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe
    5. Keep the pre-selected line ending conversion setting Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings

SSH Key Generation

In order to get access to the git repositories, any user has to have a SSH-RSA key pair. The public key has to be installed on the git server, the private key must be safely kept on any local host where the git repositories have to be accessed from. The private key can only be used with a secret passphrase, which only the owner will know. The SSH key pair can be used for all SSH based services where key based authentication is supported and/or required, so you only have to generate a key pair once.

Follow GitHub guide to generating SSH keys or troubleshoot common SSH Problems.

Alternatively, the SSH key pair can also be generated for instance by PuTTYgen. Install the whole putty suite and then run the PuTTYgen program.

Click on Generate button and randomly move the mouse around, the wilder the faster the key generation process gets finished!

Save the private key, providing a passphrase to secure it is optional but highly recommended.

Select the whole of the upper text field (use scroll bar!) and add to your GitHub account. Remark: its important to know that the public key content (see "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file" above) is located on one single line! This line has to have the following format: ssh-rsa base64-content key-comment

Github account

Create an account on https://github.com

  • install your public ssh key into this account
  • send an e-mail to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]?subject="Lintilla Github Account") with your github.com user name
  • you receive a confirmation as soon as the user name has been added to the lintilla.embedded contributors list

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