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Updated Nov 30, 2009 by frankshaka
Labels: Featured, Phase-Implementation, Phase-Deploy
How_to_build_XMind_from_source  

#This page illustrates the procedure of building XMind application using source code.

What you need

Instructions

Step 1 - Installation

  1. Install Eclipse IDE to folder {ECLIPSE}
  2. Install XMind standalone application to folder {XMIND}
  3. Copy the following jar files from {XMIND}/plugins/ (on OS X, right-click or control-click on XMind in Applications folder, select 'Show Package Contents', select Contents -> Resources -> plugins) to {ECLIPSE}/plugins/
  4. Launch Eclipse IDE and create a new workspace {WORKSPACE}
  5. Select Help menu -> Software Updates... -> Available Software, install:

Step 2 - Importation

  1. In Eclipse, select File menu -> Import... -> Existing Projects into Workspace
  2. Select the archive file (source package) downloaded from this site
  3. Select all projects and click Finish
  4. After the importing process is over, restart Eclipse

Step 3 - Building

  1. Select org.xmind.cathy.win32:
  2. If there's still building errors, try Project menu -> Clean... -> Clean all projects

Step 4 - Launching

  1. Select Run menu -> Run Configurations... (same for Debug Configurations)
  2. Right-click (control-click on OS X) on Eclipse Application -> New
  3. In Main tab,
  4. Switch to Plug-ins tab,
    1. Launch with: plug-ins selected below only
    2. Deselect All
    3. Check only those XMind-related plug-ins, language pack fragments (xx.xx.xx.nl_xx) may be included as needed
    4. Add Required Plug-ins
  5. Apply changes and Run!

References


Comment by frankshaka, Nov 30, 2009

Updated to 3.1.0 today.


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