How to install and use the Linux Designer

Alex Suter — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:06:14 -0400

We release since version 6.7.0 the Axon.ivy Designer for Linux. Basically, it runs very well.

Simple automated installation

Download and unpack the Designer to a location of your choice. E.g. ~/opt/Designer7
run the install-ivy-dependencies.sh script in the root of the designer.
run Axon.ivy Designer

Manual Dependency Installation

The manual installation process on a Debain based Linux is as follows:

Install libwebkitgtk-1.0.0 that the internal browser works correctly. A simple APT command should be sufficient:
- sudo apt install libwebkitgtk-1.0.0
- if this browser library is not installed: the web browser will fail with an error such as this in the screen
Install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk sudo apt install openjfx
For the fast JNI SVN Team connector the libraries must be made accessible
- sudo apt-get install libsvn-java
Download and unpack the Linux Designer. E.g. into ~/Downloads/Designer7
Run the eclipse binary in the unpacked Designer directory. Enjoy!

Only for versions older than 7.0.0

Windows tools.jar included instead of Linux tools.jar (configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/107/0/.cp/lib/tools.jar)
- Could lead to serious problems (e.g. jmockit). Replacing existing Windows tools.jar with a Linux tools.jar solved it.

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