How to build and run BIRT source in Eclipse Mars

Question

I was able to pull the BIRT source (4.2.2 branch) from here: https://github.com/eclipse/birt/ using m2e (Maven integration for Eclipse) and imported it in my eclipse workspace. The BIRT documentation (https://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Birt_Project#Q:_How_to_Build_BIRT_3.7.1.2B_from_GIT.3F) seems to be outdated. As a result, I'm having many issues building the source.

My question is: Can anyone explain to me how I can build the 4.x source using Eclipse?

Here are what I use:

1. Eclipse EE Mars
2. Egit plugin
3. m2e plugin (Maven Integration for Eclipse)
4. Java 1.5/6/7/8

Magog

I don't understand. The answer is in the page you linked to =/ github.com/eclipse/birt/#building-birt – Telephone

@Tunaki: The description does not work. It results in build errors. – Gaussmeter

Can you post your logs then? Along with the command that you ran? – Telephone

Did you try BIRT version 4.5? – Doiron

Answer 1

The best way to do it is, after importing the project in your eclipse workspace, run below maven command to make it compatible with Eclipse,

mvn eclipse:eclipse

This will solve your eclipse and maven dependecy errors.

Also you can check whether the problem is with your imported project , i.e. missing any libraries or just with eclipse.

You can try to build the project from command prompt to check the same with

mvn clean install

Once done refresh the eclipse workspace.

Note: Run the commands from the place where your pom.xml resides.

Tuberculosis

do I need to use a concrete version of maven? I get build errors even on "clean": "cannot resolve dependencies..." – Gaussmeter

By default eclipse uses its internal maven. You can download latest maven from link and configure the same in eclipse. And for the errors can you provide the logs and pom.xml to narrow it down further? – Tuberculosis

I tried building it from the commandline. Are you able to compile it? – Gaussmeter

Answer 2

Make sure you've set jre 1.7 and not jdk. from command line go to the pom.xml directory and run

mvn package -Pmars -DskipTest

Oppose

Sorry I meant jre 1.7, can you refer to this link:developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/files/file/… – Oppose

that somehow worked! can you explain why it does not compile with java 1.8? – Gaussmeter

mostly the BIRT project is faceted/compiled with 1.7 – Oppose