MAY Installation¶

Java Development Kit¶

You will need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK), at least version 1.7 (as previous versions are not supported anymore).
You can download it here if you don't have it already : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

Eclipse¶

You will need the Eclipse *Luna* distribution (it should also work with *Kepler*) or more recent. The "Standard" or "For Java Developers" editions will be fine.

If you are behind a proxy you may need to configure Eclipse for it, but this is out of scope of this installation guide.

Add the Make Agents Yourself Update Site¶

Now you are ready to install the MAY plugin for Eclipse.

For that, you need to add its update site as well as the update site of the Xtext framework.

Go to Help / Install New Software...

For the Xtext update site, click Add... and enter the following informations:
Name : xtext
Location : http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/composite/releases/

Don't wait for the "Pending..." message to disappear, and set the MAY update site as follows.

For the MAY update site, click again Add... and enter the following informations:
Name : may
Location : //www.irit.fr/~Victor.Noel/may/update-may-3/ temporarily this site is unreachable. It's better to use http://victornoel.github.io/may/update-may-3/.

Install the Make Agents Yourself Plugin¶

Then in order to actually install the plugin, select the MAY update site in the drop-down list.
Expand the Make Agents Yourself category and select the desired version (the last is at the top).

Then click Next and it will take some time calculating requirements and dependencies.
Click Next again when it shows you the install details and accept the terms of the licence agreements, then Finish.
Click OK when you get the security warning, and accept to restart Eclipse now.

Next Steps¶

Next, you can create an Eclipse project and define a SpeADL architecture using MAY.
See MAY Project Setup for documentation.

Wiki Page Resources¶